U18 World League

Estadio La Scaloneta
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ziemowit Logewnik got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ziemowit Logewnik in the 2nd minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Filomeno Sidro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Radomil Pysz's late challenge caught a La Scaloneta's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Radomil Pysz helped the player get up and apologised. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Benito Cutberto managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Scaloneta's supporters rose to their feet, but Benito Cutberto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marian Wierzbicki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the La Scaloneta defense, Edmund Przybyciel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Filomeno Sidro. The La Scaloneta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Filomeno Sidro should have stopped the shot. Filomeno Sidro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ziemowit Logewnik, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Filomeno Sidro came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Thunderstorm Riders's Edmund Przybyciel. But to his dismay, Edmund Przybyciel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 17th minute Bogumil Trzaskoma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filomeno Sidro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Filomeno Sidro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ziemowit Logewnik, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Filomeno Sidro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmund Przybyciel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 22 played minutes La Scaloneta got a freekick which was hit by Evaristo Txaran. After some careless play in the La Scaloneta defense, Ziemowit Logewnik kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Filomeno Sidro. The La Scaloneta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Filomeno Sidro should have stopped the shot. When Arsenio Koldobika fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Scaloneta's protests and gave Arsenio Koldobika a yellow card for diving instead. La Scaloneta's Filomeno Sidro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmund Przybyciel in the 37th minute of play. In the 38th minute, Evaristo Txaran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kazimierz Serwach was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 39th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ziemowit Logewnik in the 43rd minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Filomeno Sidro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Thunderstorm Riders booed when La Scaloneta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciro Federigo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Filomeno Sidro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikolaj Zbydniowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 46th minute, Claudio Cresconio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The La Scaloneta players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Thunderstorm Riders were winning 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Benito Cutberto to make the kick off. La Scaloneta's Filomeno Sidro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ziemowit Logewnik in the 53rd minute of play. With a little luck, La Scaloneta's Filomeno Sidro got control of the ball when Edmund Przybyciel tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jedrzej Gdaniec took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 58th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Filomeno Sidro. La Scaloneta's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Thunderstorm Riders's Zbigniew Siedlecki was substituted for Adam Konieczny. Thanks to some nice moves Radomil Pysz could shoot a difficult shot in the 71st minute, which Filomeno Sidro however easily saved by the left post. Filomeno Sidro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ziemowit Logewnik in the 72nd minute. After 74 played minutes La Scaloneta got a freekick which was hit by Arsenio Koldobika. In the 76th minute Ziemowit Logewnik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filomeno Sidro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the La Scaloneta defense, Edmund Przybyciel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Filomeno Sidro. The La Scaloneta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Filomeno Sidro should have stopped the shot. After 83 minutes of play, Thunderstorm Riders's Kazimierz Serwach made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Filomeno Sidro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Edmund Przybyciel came free with the goalkeeper in the 86th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Filomeno Sidro could save by the left post. 88 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goal looked a bit too open when Bogumil Trzaskoma came free, but Filomeno Sidro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Filomeno Sidro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ziemowit Logewnik, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Filomeno Sidro came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Thunderstorm Riders's Radomil Pysz. But to his dismay, Radomil Pysz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. Thunderstorm Riders played a much better game than La Scaloneta and deserved their victory. The La Scaloneta players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.