U18 World League

Membux Arena
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Mariusz Pazura started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. ZKS Batalion Bielsko's Tadeusz Sliwinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bonifacio Precioso in the 3rd minute of play. Zbigniew Modrzewski charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zbigniew Modrzewski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 7th match minute, ZKS Batalion Bielsko was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zbigniew Modrzewski to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Papato Tatengue's Leopoldo Chale got a free kick in the 9th minute. Wit Rydzewski made in the 21st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Milosz Dynda. ZKS Batalion Bielsko's Zbigniew Modrzewski got his second yellow card of the match in the 22nd minute. The referee ordered Zbigniew Modrzewski off the ground. After a rather tough play, ZKS Batalion Bielsko's Fryderyk Czeberowski got a free kick in the 29th minute. Fryderyk Czeberowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fryderyk Czeberowski in the 44th minute of play forced Papato Tatengue's goalkeeper Angelino Dodorol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Ceferino Lando fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Papato Tatengue's protests and gave Ceferino Lando a yellow card for diving instead. After 45 played minutes Papato Tatengue got a freekick which was hit by Ceferino Lando. In the 47th minute, Bonifacio Precioso 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bonifacio Precioso to make the kick off. Wit Rydzewski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in ZKS Batalion Bielsko's zone, Nicasio Vargas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tadeusz Sliwinski came out of the goal and Nicasio Vargas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 56 played minutes ZKS Batalion Bielsko got a freekick which was hit by Artur Fafinski. Nicasio Vargas might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tadeusz Sliwinski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nicasio Vargas ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Bonifacio Precioso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tadeusz Sliwinski was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. In the 60th match minute, ZKS Batalion Bielsko was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radomil Pluciennik to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 64 minutes, Fryderyk Czeberowski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ZKS Batalion Bielsko's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fryderyk Czeberowski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in ZKS Batalion Bielsko's zone, Bonifacio Precioso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tadeusz Sliwinski came out of the goal and Bonifacio Precioso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bonifacio Precioso in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tadeusz Sliwinski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 72nd minute, Fryderyk Czeberowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Papato Tatengue getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. David Hever hit a great ball. Radomil Pluciennik recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Angelino Dodorol showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fryderyk Czeberowski in the 88th minute of the match. If Wit Rydzewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ZKS Batalion Bielsko were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.