U18 World League

Arena 1903
Spectators: 10784 (Terracing: 8122, Seating: 2490, VIP seats: 172) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Wincenty Sroka made the kick off which started today's match. Janusz Polkoski made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Luiz Eduardo Alves sent off a good shot on target. Zé Carlos Britto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinícius Ibrahimović, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Fede Valverde made in the 15th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Michal Gejda immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vinícius Ibrahimović in the 16th minute of play forced Pragmáticos 1903's goalkeeper Zé Carlos Britto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 22 minutes of play, Pragmáticos 1903's Thierry Henry made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Janusz Polkoski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Janusz Polkoski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thierry Henry, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Fede Valverde kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. The supporters of Pragmáticos 1903 booed when club⚽ID⚽400547 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fede Valverde didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to club⚽ID⚽400547 getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Fede Valverde hit a great ball. 37 minutes into the match, club⚽ID⚽400547's goal looked a bit too open when Ruud Gullit came free, but Janusz Polkoski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Janusz Polkoski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thierry Henry in the 39th minute of the match. Thierry Henry fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Janusz Polkoski having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Thierry Henry stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes of play, Pragmáticos 1903's Ruud Gullit made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Janusz Polkoski was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ulryk Przebendowski during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, club⚽ID⚽400547's Ulryk Przebendowski got a free kick in the 54th minute. Janusz Polkoski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruud Gullit in the 57th minute of the match. Janusz Polkoski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Delfim de Lara in the 66th minute of the match. Janusz Polkoski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruud Gullit in the 68th minute of the match. A collision led to club⚽ID⚽400547 getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Boguslaw Gajewski hit a great ball. Janusz Polkoski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thierry Henry in the 72nd minute of play. In the 80th minute Ruud Gullit shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Janusz Polkoski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Janusz Polkoski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ruud Gullit, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 85 minutes into the match, club⚽ID⚽400547's goal looked a bit too open when Ruud Gullit came free, but Janusz Polkoski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th minute, Napoleon Opat reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Zé Carlos Britto. The goal made the score 3-1. In the 92nd minute Ulryk Przebendowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Carlos Britto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ruud Gullit took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Janusz Polkoski. Janusz Polkoski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. There was no doubt that Pragmáticos 1903 were the better team. Pragmáticos 1903's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.