Challenge

Stadion Jui Kuen
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jan Pająk started the match with the kick off. If Gustaw Jazwiec had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zachary Zerde scored 0-1 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Meng Yan Jing, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Emil Dunajski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Wit Bronkala. That made the score 1-1 in the 13 minute of play. When Boleslaw Lepucki fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Poland's protests and gave Boleslaw Lepucki a yellow card for diving instead. In the 19th minute, one of U21 Poland:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for U21 Poland. Wit Bronkala had in the 20thth minute some difficulties stopping Antoni Adamowicz's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Poland's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antoni Adamowicz was slow to take the kick. During this time Abandon All Hope's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Antoni Adamowicz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Wit Bronkala quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of U21 Poland booed when Abandon All Hope was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristo Uchiha didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 33rd minute, Wawrzyniec Cipinski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 39 minutes into the game, U21 Poland's Zachary Zerde nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Meng Yan Jing made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. In the 43rd minute, Adam Walkowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Poland fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. After 46 played minutes U21 Poland got a freekick which was hit by Boleslaw Lepucki. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Michal Arendarski in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Wit Bronkala saved U21 Poland from getting behind. The Abandon All Hope players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. U21 Poland were winning 1-3.

U21 Poland's Kasino Grositskiy was substituted for Gustaw Jazwiec. U21 Poland made a substitution. Bernard Trochowski replaced Zachary Zerde. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adam Walkowski to make the kick off. If Adam Walkowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The U21 Poland fans' excitement grew in the 55th match minute when U21 Poland's Adam Walkowski looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Bernard Trochowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Meng Yan Jing having to interfere. 66 minutes into the match, Abandon All Hope's goalkeeper Meng Yan Jing had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adam Walkowski. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by Abandon All Hope's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alfred Mentis was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Poland's players had a chance to rest. The corner led U21 Poland's Alfred Mentis to fire away a dangerous shot which Meng Yan Jing despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Jacek Skonieczny's late challenge caught a Abandon All Hope's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jacek Skonieczny helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Abandon All Hope booed when U21 Poland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jacek Skonieczny didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wit Bronkala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michal Arendarski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Abandon All Hope's Meng Yan Jing got control of the ball when Adam Walkowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Wit Bronkala didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emil Dunajski went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. 83 minutes into the match, U21 Poland's goal looked a bit too open when Michal Arendarski came free, but Wit Bronkala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jacek Skonieczny hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. After 90 played minutes, Abandon All Hope's Antoni Adamowicz shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Wit Bronkala came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Abandon All Hope reached it. Wawrzyniec Cipinski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Meng Yan Jing tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.