U18 World League

HARAKIRI
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Bennis's Elof Söderström 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. Bennis's Rutger Josefsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cezary Puchlik in the 4th minute of play. Zgierskie Zlewy were furious when Waldemar Domaracki was red carded, 7 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In a very dangerous position, a player in Zgierskie Zlewy fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 6th minute. Penalty! Bennis's Rutger Josefsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filip Birkenhagen in the 18th minute of play. Rutger Josefsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antoni Iwaszko in the 27th minute of play. Rutger Josefsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cezary Puchlik, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 30th minute, Filiph Öberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 31 minutes into the game, Robert Szkaradek cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Rutger Josefsson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eugeniusz Rakowski kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Iwan Pusiak made in the 40th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Konstanty Puch however managed to control. Tadeusz Olejasz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elof Söderström, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Robert Szkaradek to make the kick off. Zgierskie Zlewy's Tadeusz Olejasz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Zgierskie Zlewy from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Zgierskie Zlewy's Tadeusz Olejasz got control of the ball when Elof Söderström tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 61st match minute, Zgierskie Zlewy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filip Birkenhagen to maneuver through the defense. Tadeusz Olejasz made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Niclas Alebäck sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hans Kielberg in the 67th minute of play forced Zgierskie Zlewy's goalkeeper Tadeusz Olejasz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tadeusz Olejasz made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Elof Söderström sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elof Söderström got free with Tadeusz Olejasz in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tadeusz Olejasz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elof Söderström in the 78th minute. Cezary Puchlik charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cezary Puchlik the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Cezary Puchlik kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. When Elof Söderström fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bennis's protests and gave Elof Söderström a yellow card for diving instead. In the 83rd match minute, Bennis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elof Söderström to maneuver through the defense. 86 minutes into the match, Zgierskie Zlewy's goalkeeper Tadeusz Olejasz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Elof Söderström. Elof Söderström could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Tadeusz Olejasz made a huge save. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.