World League

Plaza de Toros
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Pankracy Pyrtek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timoteo Columbo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pankracy Pyrtek didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Timoteo Columbo went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Red Bulls defense, Timoteo Columbo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pankracy Pyrtek. The Red Bulls fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pankracy Pyrtek should have stopped the shot. 10 minutes into the match, Academia 1903's Timoteo Columbo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pankracy Pyrtek narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Timoteo Columbo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pankracy Pyrtek was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. A collision led to Academia 1903 getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Jeremias Ezkerra hit a great ball. 15 minutes into the match, Red Bulls's goal looked a bit too open when Timoteo Columbo came free, but Pankracy Pyrtek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Academia 1903 were awarded a corner in the 19th minute after Red Bulls's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Harald Ek took the corner. Jeremias Ezkerra made a great header on Academia 1903's corner, it was just that Red Bulls's Pankracy Pyrtek managed to reach the ball for a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Iwan Kensicki in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Primo Speranza prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some careless play in the Academia 1903 defense, Rafal Majorski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Primo Speranza. The Academia 1903 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Primo Speranza should have stopped the shot. Timoteo Columbo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pankracy Pyrtek came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Academia 1903's Timoteo Columbo. But to his dismay, Timoteo Columbo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Pankracy Pyrtek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timoteo Columbo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 34 minutes into the match, Timoteo Columbo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pankracy Pyrtek. Red Bulls's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Timoteo Columbo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iwan Kensicki in the 36th minute of play forced Academia 1903's goalkeeper Primo Speranza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37thth minute of the game Iwan Kensicki who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Academia 1903's Primo Speranza was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 39 minutes of play, Academia 1903's Timoteo Columbo made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pankracy Pyrtek was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pankracy Pyrtek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timoteo Columbo in the 44th minute of the match. In the 47th minute Timoteo Columbo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pankracy Pyrtek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 1-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Timoteo Columbo to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Academia 1903 getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Aldo Maju hit a great ball. A collision led to Red Bulls getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Lukasz Petrasz hit a great ball. 55 minutes into the match, Academia 1903's goal looked a bit too open when Boruc Kornatowski came free, but Primo Speranza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Academia 1903's Primo Speranza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iwan Kensicki in the 60th minute of play. In the 60th minute Iwan Kensicki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Primo Speranza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Red Bulls's Iwan Kensicki in the 60th minute got a chance for a shot 60th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Academia 1903's goalie prevented a goal. Timoteo Columbo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Pankracy Pyrtek made a huge save. If Timoteo Columbo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Timoteo Columbo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Pankracy Pyrtek made a huge save. Primo Speranza stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Iwan Kensicki's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. The Red Bulls fans' excitement grew in the 66th match minute when Red Bulls's Iwan Kensicki looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Academia 1903 made a substitution. Gérard Magyar replaced Harald Ek. Academia 1903's Nicanor Morenø was substituted for Timoteo Columbo. Nicanor Morenø's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pankracy Pyrtek read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 72nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Nicanor Morenø's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pankracy Pyrtek was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. 82 minutes into the match, Nicanor Morenø dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Pankracy Pyrtek, 2-6. The crowd rose to their feet as Nicanor Morenø kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pankracy Pyrtek. That made the score 2-7 in the 86 minute of play. In the 89th minute, Nicanor Morenø got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Academia 1903's Primo Speranza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iwan Kensicki in the 90th minute of play.