U23 World League

Arena Wiary
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ali Atıf Nezir got the match started through his kick off. Ali Atıf Nezir could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 2nd minute of the match, but Bror Stålman made a huge save. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 3rd minute of the game. One of Al-Slottshöjden:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Odważni:s goal. 10 minutes into the match, Al-Slottshöjden's goal looked a bit too open when Czeslaw Kanczuszewski came free, but Bror Stålman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ale Roos scored 2-0 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bror Stålman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Evaristo Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 19thth minute of the game Reggie Clement who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Odważni's Marek Percha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ale Roos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bror Stålman was a little too slow when Ali Atıf Nezir got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 23rd minute. The score was now 3-0. Bror Stålman came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Odważni's Ale Roos. But to his dismay, Ale Roos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Odważni's Ali Atıf Nezir was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 33rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Odważni's Marek Percha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reggie Clement in the 37th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Al-Slottshöjden's zone, Ale Roos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bror Stålman came out of the goal and Ale Roos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Evaristo Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Bror Stålman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 46th minute Bertil Eckegren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marek Percha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Reggie Clement made the kick off in the second half. When Tobiasz Dombrowski came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Odważni 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 Tobiasz Dombrowski couldn't finish the play. In the 56th minute, Czeslaw Kanczuszewski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bror Stålman was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. After having played for 62 minutes, Czeslaw Kanczuszewski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Odważni's supporters crossed their fingers, but Czeslaw Kanczuszewski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Odważni getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Tobiasz Dombrowski hit a great ball. Zula Kasprzak hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute, Czeslaw Kanczuszewski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bror Stålman was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Odważni's Tobiasz Maurycy was substituted for Czeslaw Kanczuszewski. 82 minutes into the game, Odważni's Tobiasz Maurycy nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bror Stålman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. Lucas Pååk's late challenge caught a Odważni's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lucas Pååk helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Odważni booed when Al-Slottshöjden was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucas Pååk didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Al-Slottshöjden defense, Tobiasz Dombrowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bror Stålman. The Al-Slottshöjden fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bror Stålman should have stopped the shot. In the 95th minute Ali Atıf Nezir shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bror Stålman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Odważni fully deserved thier win.