U23 World League

Serce Łodzi
Spectators: 7493 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Arkadiusz Zaworski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The De hijgende Hertjes fans' excitement grew in the 3rd match minute when De hijgende Hertjes's Di Bin 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 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. De hijgende Hertjes were awarded a corner in the 10th minute after ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Frits Andriessen took the corner. Di Bin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marek Gdowik having to make a save. When Di Bin came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the De hijgende Hertjes 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 Di Bin couldn't finish the play. The De hijgende Hertjes fans' excitement grew in the 20th match minute when De hijgende Hertjes's Di Bin 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 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Marek Gdowik stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Di Bin's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute De hijgende Hertjes were awarded a corner. Frits Andriessen went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on De hijgende Hertjes's corner Frits Andriessen fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marek Gdowik quite easily take care of the ball. 32 minutes into the match, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goal looked a bit too open when Di Bin came free, but Marek Gdowik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The De hijgende Hertjes fans' excitement grew in the 33rd match minute when De hijgende Hertjes's Di Bin 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 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Di Bin might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marek Gdowik. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Di Bin ran back to his position shaking his head. 39 minutes into the game, Henny de Zeeuw cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Marek Gdowik was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marek Gdowik came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by De hijgende Hertjes's Di Bin. But to his dismay, Di Bin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Di Bin to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Di Bin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marek Gdowik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 57th minute, Di Bin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marek Gdowik was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. 63 minutes into the match, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Marek Gdowik had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Henny de Zeeuw. Marek Gdowik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Di Bin in the 69th minute of the match. Di Bin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marek Gdowik stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Di Bin's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. After 80 minutes ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Frits Andriessen who took care of the corner kick. Frits Andriessen made a great header on De hijgende Hertjes's corner, it was just that ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Marek Gdowik managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience was convinced that Di Bin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marek Gdowik was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Stasio Marosz got a free kick in the 84th minute. Di Bin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marek Gdowik came out and tried to block the shot, but Di Bin slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 92nd minute. De hijgende Hertjes played a much better game than ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź and deserved their victory. The ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.