U18 World League

Reinersdorf
Spectators: 7478 (Terracing: 5610, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Richard Fantini started the match with the kick off. A collision led to FC Szczucin getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Michal Poling hit a great ball. After 9 played minutes, Zandarin FC's Célio Leme shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Julian Kosmatka came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Zandarin FC reached it. In the 10th match minute, FC Szczucin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Julian Czajka to maneuver through the defense. Wawrzyniec Raszek kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Pedrinho Severo made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Julian Czajka sent off a good shot on target. Luís Guilherme Ortiz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Julian Kosmatka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 24 minutes into the match, FC Szczucin's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Fantini came free, but Julian Kosmatka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wiktor Trzaskoma kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richard Fantini in the 30th minute of play forced FC Szczucin's goalkeeper Julian Kosmatka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manoel Xavier charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manoel Xavier the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When Zandarin FC's Richard Fantini in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Szczucin's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of Zandarin FC booed when FC Szczucin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julian Czajka didn't get a good kick on the ball. Michel Urbano charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Michel Urbano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Zandarin FC getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Michel Urbano hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Herbert Czysty made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herbert Czysty in the 56th minute of play forced Zandarin FC's goalkeeper Pedrinho Severo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wawrzyniec Raszek charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wawrzyniec Raszek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 62 played minutes FC Szczucin got a freekick which was hit by Wawrzyniec Raszek. FC Szczucin's defense didn't have a chance, in the 64th minute, when Richard Fantini scored to the left of an out of position Julian Kosmatka, making the score, 0-1. In the 66th minute, Luís Guilherme Ortiz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julian Kosmatka was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 71st minute, Zandarin FC's Richard Fantini ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Julian Kosmatka. Julian Kosmatka yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. Herbert Czysty kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. A collision led to FC Szczucin getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Julian Czajka hit a great ball. After 78 minutes of play, Zandarin FC's Luís Guilherme Ortiz made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julian Kosmatka was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Herbert Czysty during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to FC Szczucin getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Herbert Czysty hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice moves Luís Guilherme Ortiz could shoot a difficult shot in the 87th minute, which Julian Kosmatka however easily saved by the left post. After 92 played minutes Zandarin FC got a freekick which was hit by Richard Fantini. When the match had gone on for 97 minutes, Richard Fantini took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Julian Kosmatka to make any attempt to save it. The FC Szczucin manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Zandarin FC to win.