U21 World League

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Sparta LKS's Teobald Turacki started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some careless play in the Sparta LKS defense, Laureano Águas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Norbert Wieczorek. The Sparta LKS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Norbert Wieczorek should have stopped the shot. 7 minutes into the match, Laureano Águas notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Sparta LKS's Norbert Wieczorek. Norbert Wieczorek was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 10th minute Alex Aleixo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norbert Wieczorek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th match minute, Sparta LKS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wincent Zima to maneuver through the defense. Adérito Godinho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Norbert Wieczorek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laureano Águas, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Laureano Águas put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Norbert Wieczorek. Egídio Vilhena hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Zdzislaw Orszak was extremely unlucky when he, in the 29th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Lech Bartelak sped through Bacardi Black Bats's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Olívio Salgado. Lech Bartelak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 36th match minute, Bacardi Black Bats was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sílvio Valadão to maneuver through the defense. 36 minutes into the match, Sparta LKS's Antoni Kasprzykowski broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After some careless play in the Sparta LKS defense, Alex Aleixo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Norbert Wieczorek. The Sparta LKS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Norbert Wieczorek should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Sparta LKS defense, Laureano Águas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Norbert Wieczorek. The Sparta LKS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Norbert Wieczorek should have stopped the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Laureano Águas to make the kick off. A collision led to Bacardi Black Bats getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Alexandrino Gomes hit a great ball. Norbert Wieczorek didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 62nd minute, which inside left pole to 1-7. Alexandrino Gomes's late challenge caught a Sparta LKS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alexandrino Gomes helped the player get up and apologised. 71 minutes into the game, Laureano Águas lined in a short shot 1-8 behind a frustrated Norbert Wieczorek. Laureano Águas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 77 minutes into the game, Leszek Orszak was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sparta LKS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bacardi Black Bats the free kick. Leszek Orszak hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Norbert Wieczorek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laureano Águas in the 78th minute of play. In the 79th minute of the match, Laureano Águas tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Norbert Wieczorek saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 81st minute, Alex Aleixo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Norbert Wieczorek. The goal made the score 1-9. Norbert Wieczorek made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Alex Aleixo sent off a good shot on target. Sparta LKS's Norbert Wieczorek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laureano Águas in the 88th minute of play.