U18 World League

Cats Ground
Spectators: 7565 (Terracing: 5675, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) FURIOZA's Stefano Mammarella started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Antonín Juřík managed to get in a good position for a shot. Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill's supporters rose to their feet, but Antonín Juřík was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Daniel Cempa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill's Bohdan Lyčka proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill from getting a goal against them. In the 20th minute, Stefano Mammarella 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. The audience was convinced that Stefano Mammarella's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bohdan Lyčka was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. When Radoslaw Soliwoda came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the FURIOZA 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 Radoslaw Soliwoda couldn't finish the play. Bohdan Lyčka made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Radoslaw Soliwoda sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Fryderyk Wykowski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Bohdan Lyčka. That made the score 3-0 in the 38 minute of play. Bohdan Lyčka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stefano Mammarella in the 41st minute of play. Radoslaw Soliwoda could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Bohdan Lyčka made a huge save. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Josef Čvančara to make the kick off. Bohdan Lyčka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fryderyk Wykowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. The FURIOZA fans' excitement grew in the 59th match minute when FURIOZA's Radoslaw Soliwoda looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Koloman Trunec hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill's Koloman Trunec got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Bohdan Lyčka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Barnaba Jaks in the 71st minute of the match. In the 77thth minute of the game Jurand Chlebek who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill's Bohdan Lyčka was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill's zone, Jurand Chlebek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bohdan Lyčka came out of the goal and Jurand Chlebek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 84 minutes into the game, Jurand Chlebek cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Bohdan Lyčka was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, FURIOZA's Zdzislaw Fleszar got a free kick in the 87th minute. When the referee ended the match the FURIOZA players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.