National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10305 (Terracing: 7729, Seating: 2370, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Svebor Poljak took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dobromir Nakonieczny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lino Bogdanović showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maciej Ramzinski, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Maciej Wolczewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Svebor Poljak, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. After a rather tough play, U21 Croatia's Filip Marinović got a free kick in the 11th minute. The audience was convinced that Korneliusz Kolbert's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lino Bogdanović was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. 14 minutes into the match, U21 Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Korneliusz Kolbert came free, but Lino Bogdanović reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 16th match minute, U21 Poland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grzegorz Wiatrak to maneuver through the defense. Filip Marinović took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 17th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Maciej Wolczewski. U21 Poland's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, U21 Poland's goal looked a bit too open when Filip Marinović came free, but Maciej Wolczewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maciej Wolczewski made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Siniša Bošnir sent off a good shot on target. Lino Bogdanović came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Poland's Maciej Ramzinski. But to his dismay, Maciej Ramzinski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Maciej Wolczewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Marinović in the 25th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stanimir Mrdeža during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Maciej Wolczewski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Siniša Bošnir went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Svebor Poljak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maciej Wolczewski was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Dobromir Nakonieczny charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dobromir Nakonieczny the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 39 played minutes U21 Poland got a freekick which was hit by Dobromir Nakonieczny. U21 Croatia were awarded a corner in the 42th minute after U21 Poland's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Filip Marinović took the corner. After taking down the ball on U21 Croatia's corner Filip Marinović fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Maciej Wolczewski quite easily take care of the ball. The supporters of U21 Croatia booed when U21 Poland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kazimierz Ferfecki didn't get a good kick on the ball. Remigiusz Jandryca kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

U21 Croatia made a substitution. Romeo Husak replaced Siniša Bošnir. In the 53rd minute Filip Marinović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maciej Wolczewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Maciej Wolczewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filip Marinović, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Maciej Wolczewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luka Bajs, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After a rather tough play, U21 Poland's Grzegorz Wiatrak got a free kick in the 55th minute. After 66 minutes U21 Poland's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Filip Marinović who took care of the corner kick. Maciej Wolczewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanimir Mrdeža in the 68th minute of the match. After 72nd play minutes Gwidon Wykowski shot 1-2, a short shot which went by Lino Bogdanović and just under the crossbar into goal. Maciej Wolczewski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Romeo Husak's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gwidon Wykowski in the 78th minute of play forced U21 Croatia's goalkeeper Lino Bogdanović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maciej Wolczewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luka Bajs, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Korneliusz Kolbert took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lino Bogdanović. Lino Bogdanović dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Dobromir Nakonieczny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 92 played minutes U21 Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Stanimir Mrdeža. Korneliusz Kolbert fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lino Bogdanović having to interfere. The U21 Poland players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.