U18 World League

Sparta
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ulryk Arnista got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, FC SZAFIRY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulryk Arnista to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Fly T.T's Léonard Colvin got a free kick in the 6th minute. Hong Ballard made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulryk Arnista in the 13th minute of play. When Coy Whitney fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fly T.T's protests and gave Coy Whitney a yellow card for diving instead. In the 17th match minute, Fly T.T was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Coy Whitney to maneuver through the defense. In the 20thth minute of the game Ulryk Arnista who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fly T.T's Hong Ballard was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Mathieu Roland's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leonard Sliwinski was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mathieu Roland in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Leonard Sliwinski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 37thth minute of the game Mathieu Roland who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC SZAFIRY's Leonard Sliwinski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 38 minutes, Stefan Bejgier mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC SZAFIRY and the Fly T.T players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 38 played minutes FC SZAFIRY got a freekick which was hit by Stefan Bejgier. In the 39th minute, Apollinaire Salter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to FC SZAFIRY getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Witalis Gdaniec hit a great ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mathieu Roland to make the kick off. After 61 played minutes Santiago Starnes rounded FC SZAFIRY's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-1. Marcin Rekowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hong Ballard having to interfere. Leonard Sliwinski made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Mathieu Roland sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mathieu Roland got free with Leonard Sliwinski in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 71st minute the ball was on its way in behind FC SZAFIRY's goalkeeper Leonard Sliwinski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Feliks Wielkopolski hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 83rd match minute, FC SZAFIRY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Witalis Gdaniec to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Mathieu Roland took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Leonard Sliwinski to make any attempt to save it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ulryk Arnista in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hong Ballard saved Fly T.T from getting behind. Marcin Rekowski struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Hong Ballard didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC SZAFIRY. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Fly T.T eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.