U18 World League

Saronida Stadium
Spectators: 8006 (Terracing: 6006, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zenon Ptaszek started the match with the kick off. Simos Zacharenios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zachariasz Ankiewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. When Zachary Niedziela fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 2006 Los Blancos DUKLA's protests and gave Zachary Niedziela a yellow card for diving instead. Simos Zacharenios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zachariasz Ankiewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zachariasz Ankiewicz in the 14th minute of play forced Saronida FC's goalkeeper Simos Zacharenios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Zenon Ptaszek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Simos Zacharenios was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. After 14 minutes, Zenon Ptaszek made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Saronida FC's Simos Zacharenios tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Simos Zacharenios didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edgar Wnukowski went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Saronida FC's Charis Kastanakos came free and shot a quick shot against goal 22 minutes in the game, fortunately Grzegorz Knopek had problems saving as it came toward the left post. In the 25th match minute, Saronida FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonis Vrazilianos to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antonis Vrazilianos got free with Grzegorz Knopek in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Grzegorz Knopek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fondas Kouvas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Zachariasz Ankiewicz came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the 2006 Los Blancos DUKLA 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 Zachariasz Ankiewicz couldn't finish the play. Simos Zacharenios came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by 2006 Los Blancos DUKLA's Zachariasz Ankiewicz. But to his dismay, Zachariasz Ankiewicz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3.

In the 58th minute Charis Kastanakos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grzegorz Knopek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Zenon Ptaszek ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Simos Zacharenios was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Zachary Niedziela kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. In the 67th minute, Sakis Tzorvas made a precise shot to the right of Grzegorz Knopek. 2006 Los Blancos DUKLA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. When Edgar Wnukowski fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 2006 Los Blancos DUKLA's protests and gave Edgar Wnukowski a yellow card for diving instead. Saronida FC were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after 2006 Los Blancos DUKLA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Charis Kastanakos took the corner. The supporters of 2006 Los Blancos DUKLA booed when Saronida FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petros Maragoudakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 80th minute, Zenon Ptaszek got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 86th minute, Fondas Kouvas made a precise shot to the right of Grzegorz Knopek. 2006 Los Blancos DUKLA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. Simos Zacharenios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zenon Ptaszek in the 90th minute of play. After 92 played minutes 2006 Los Blancos DUKLA got a freekick which was hit by Olgierd Parajewski. In the 93rd minute of the match Charis Kastanakos sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Grzegorz Knopek skillfully saved the ball. In the 94th match minute, 2006 Los Blancos DUKLA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zenon Ptaszek to maneuver through the defense. After 95 minutes of play, Saronida FC's Charis Kastanakos made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Grzegorz Knopek was left in no man's land by his defense there! 2006 Los Blancos DUKLA played a much better game than Saronida FC and deserved their victory. The Saronida FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.