U18 World League

Mielcuchy
Spectators: 7650 (Terracing: 5739, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Wladyslaw Ruzicki started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, KoLiber's Ignacy Wlodyga ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Wes Gillespie. Wes Gillespie yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. When ForestFire's Ernest Chester in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye KoLiber's goalie prevented a goal. Sammy Knowles took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 15th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Norbert Gotfryd. KoLiber's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Whitney Pelletier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Norbert Gotfryd tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ForestFire's Wes Gillespie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wladyslaw Ruzicki in the 22nd minute of play. After 27 played minutes, KoLiber's Teobald Kalinowski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Wes Gillespie 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 KoLiber reached it. In the 30th minute Ernest Chester shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norbert Gotfryd saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Huddleston charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Robert Huddleston the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to ForestFire getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Robert Huddleston hit a great ball. KoLiber's Klement Michalski shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 34th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Wes Gillespie but with some difficulty. After 37th play minutes Wladyslaw Ruzicki shot 2-0, a short shot which went by Wes Gillespie and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 40th minute of the match Teobald Kalinowski sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wes Gillespie skillfully saved the ball. Norbert Gotfryd showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernest Chester, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernest Chester in the 46th minute of play forced KoLiber's goalkeeper Norbert Gotfryd to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute, Wladyslaw Ruzicki made a precise shot to the right of Wes Gillespie. ForestFire's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ernest Chester to strike the kick off in the second half. Norbert Gotfryd stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ernest Chester's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. In the 63rd minute, Wladyslaw Ruzicki ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wes Gillespie was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. When ForestFire's Ernest Chester in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye KoLiber's goalie prevented a goal. Wawrzyniec Pyczkowski kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Wladyslaw Wos's late challenge caught a ForestFire's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wladyslaw Wos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 79th match minute, KoLiber was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wladyslaw Wos to maneuver through the defense. ForestFire's Whitney Pelletier got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Andrzej Sebzda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wes Gillespie having to interfere. Wes Gillespie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wladyslaw Ruzicki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.