U18 World League

DECUIPE
Spectators: 7757 (Terracing: 5820, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Henk Pieters suffered a sore thigh after 4 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn made a substitution. Rik Meijs replaced Henk Pieters. After 6 played minutes Endorfina Dukla got a freekick which was hit by Czeslaw Huchro. Ferdi van der Struijk was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 9 minutes into the match. In the 10th minute, Slawomir Kempka made a precise shot to the right of Taco Zwartkruis. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. If Mateusz Radziszewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 14th minute, Bastiaan Carel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Derk van Boxel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gert Warneke hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. After having played for 25 minutes, Dobromir Major managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Endorfina Dukla's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dobromir Major was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Stanislaw Maziarski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Taco Zwartkruis was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After 29 played minutes Endorfina Dukla got a freekick which was hit by Slawomir Kempka. Dobromir Major fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Taco Zwartkruis having to interfere. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Taco Zwartkruis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanislaw Maziarski in the 36th minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Rik Meijs sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Endorfina Dukla's Miromir Ciszewski didn't even have to move. Taco Zwartkruis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislaw Maziarski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Derk van Boxel to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Endorfina Dukla's Mateusz Radziszewski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Taco Zwartkruis. That made the score 1-3 after 65 minutes of play. In the 68th minute, Jerzy Rosiewicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th match minute, Endorfina Dukla was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Witomir Solibieda to maneuver through the defense. After 71 played minutes, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Kristof Walregt shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Miromir Ciszewski 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 Julias Rascals Apeldoorn reached it. Taco Zwartkruis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mateusz Radziszewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roelof van Kampen kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. After having played for 82 minutes, Mateusz Radziszewski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Endorfina Dukla's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mateusz Radziszewski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Taco Zwartkruis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mateusz Radziszewski in the 83rd minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, Czeslaw Huchro dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Taco Zwartkruis, 1-4. In the 90th minute, Izaak Struik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dobromir Major fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Taco Zwartkruis having to interfere. Taco Zwartkruis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stanislaw Maziarski in the 95th minute. When the match was over Endorfina Dukla could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Julias Rascals Apeldoorn throughout the match.