U23 World League

ARENA ELBLĄG
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Grzegorz Lagiewniki took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matthias Ekegren in the 4th minute of play forced LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's goalkeeper Jaroslaw Wojno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 5 minutes into the match, Melker Kämpe notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Jaroslaw Wojno. Jaroslaw Wojno was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 7th minute of the game. One of LIRA ELBLĄG SSA:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Juoksengi:s goal. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Matthias Ekegren put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Jaroslaw Wojno. In the 17th minute of the match, Grzegorz Lagiewniki tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mats Jakobsson saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Jaroslaw Wojno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matthias Ekegren, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. In the 29thth minute of the game Melker Kämpe who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Jaroslaw Wojno was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Jaroslaw Wojno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Melker Kämpe in the 31st minute of play. Stefan Bock charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stefan Bock the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 32 played minutes Juoksengi got a freekick which was hit by Stefan Bock. LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Aleksander Gdowik got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match clock showed 39 minutes, the score became 0-8 when Matthias Ekegren sped through LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jaroslaw Wojno. In the 46th minute, Melker Kämpe made a precise shot to the right of Jaroslaw Wojno. LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-10. The LIRA ELBLĄG SSA players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Juoksengi were winning 0-10.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matthias Ekegren to make the kick off. Melker Kämpes short, quick shot in the 52ndth minute got Jaroslaw Wojno to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Melker Kämpe in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jaroslaw Wojno saved LIRA ELBLĄG SSA from getting behind. With his leg Jaroslaw Wojno managed to avoid a goal in the 57thth minute, when Juoksengi's Melker Kämpe fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Jaroslaw Wojno proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save LIRA ELBLĄG SSA from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Ziemowit Gendolla got a free kick in the 61st minute. When Melker Kämpe came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Juoksengi fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Melker Kämpe couldn't finish the play. Juoksengi's Mats Jakobsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grzegorz Lagiewniki in the 65th minute of play. Jaroslaw Wojno made an important save on a dangerous shot by Melker Kämpe in the 67th minute. After 72 played minutes Juoksengi got a freekick which was hit by John Wiberg. After 75 played minutes LIRA ELBLĄG SSA got a freekick which was hit by Grzegorz Lagiewniki. The audience thought a goal was coming when Melker Kämpe got free with Jaroslaw Wojno in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 76th minute, Juoksengi's Melker Kämpe dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-12. Matthias Ekegren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jaroslaw Wojno having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Melker Kämpe in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jaroslaw Wojno prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jaroslaw Wojno was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Melker Kämpe capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Melker Kämpe really showed his touch with that goal: 0-15. The LIRA ELBLĄG SSA fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Juoksengi were clearly better and deserved to take the win.