U18 World League

Purple Arena
Spectators: 8011 (Terracing: 6010, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stefan Czajkowski started the match with the kick off. Christoph Hagemans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konrad Kempka in the 9th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Godfried Francx during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of NieETIkalni Lebork booed when Purple Talents was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Godfried Francx didn't get a good kick on the ball. Christoph Hagemans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konrad Kempka, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Christoph Hagemans didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Konrad Kempka went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Barnaba Skarpiak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diederick Struelens, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. NieETIkalni Lebork's Barnaba Skarpiak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save NieETIkalni Lebork from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Purple Talents getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Godfried Francx hit a great ball. Konrad Kempka recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Christoph Hagemans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stefan Czajkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. NieETIkalni Lebork's Barnaba Skarpiak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save NieETIkalni Lebork from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konrad Kempka in the 33rd minute of play forced Purple Talents's goalkeeper Christoph Hagemans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to NieETIkalni Lebork getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Stefan Czajkowski hit a great ball. Lech Kon kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yanniek Wellens in the 39th minute of play forced NieETIkalni Lebork's goalkeeper Barnaba Skarpiak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 1-1 became the score in the 43rd minute when Diederick Struelens elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Barnaba Skarpiak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yanniek Wellens in the 46th minute of the match. The supporters of Purple Talents booed when NieETIkalni Lebork was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Barnaba Madajczyk didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The wind increased when Diederick Struelens made the kick off in the second half. Konrad Kempka received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Christoph Hagemans came out and tried to block the shot, but Konrad Kempka slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 55th minute. 74 minutes into the match, Purple Talents's goalkeeper Christoph Hagemans had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stefan Czajkowski. The throw-in from Godfried Francx in the 76th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by NieETIkalni Lebork's Juliusz Kaszubowski. Eddy Claes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Barnaba Skarpiak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Igor Wykowski kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. It was beautiful to see Purple Talents's Brecht De Wortelaer in action when he in the 80th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! If Yanniek Wellens had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Barnaba Skarpiak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diederick Struelens in the 88th minute of the match. The supporters of Purple Talents booed when NieETIkalni Lebork was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juliusz Kaszubowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eddy Claes's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Barnaba Skarpiak read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. Purple Talents's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Brecht De Wortelaer in the 95th minute. After taking down the ball on Purple Talents's corner Brecht De Wortelaer fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Barnaba Skarpiak quite easily take care of the ball. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Purple Talents lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.