U21 World League

RÖK Arena
Spectators: 7673 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Hamílton Proença took the kick off in the first half of the match. Virgílio Rodrigues charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Virgílio Rodrigues the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, RÖK's Virgílio Rodrigues got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Leonard Karwowski, 4 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Castro in the 5th minute of play forced Juliszew SSA's goalkeeper Dawid Wyrostek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th match minute, Juliszew SSA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leszek Dziatkowicz to maneuver through the defense. Juliszew SSA's Leonard Karwowski got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 21 minutes of play, RÖK's Marcus Castro made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dawid Wyrostek was left in no man's land by his defense there! Francisco Novaes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 37 minutes of play, Juliszew SSA's Leonard Karwowski made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emílio Albuquerque was left in no man's land by his defense there! Juliszew SSA's Dawid Wyrostek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Castro in the 40th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Leonard Karwowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Stanislaw Filipkowski's late challenge caught a RÖK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stanislaw Filipkowski helped the player get up and apologised. Juliszew SSA's Dawid Wyrostek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivo Cabral in the 56th minute of play. When Zachary Wojtowicz fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Juliszew SSA's protests and gave Zachary Wojtowicz a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Juliszew SSA's Zachary Wojtowicz got a free kick in the 58th minute. Dawid Wyrostek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francisco Novaes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dawid Wyrostek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leonard Karwowski scored 2-4 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emílio Albuquerque, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 69 minutes into the match, RÖK's goalkeeper Emílio Albuquerque had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leonard Karwowski. Dawid Wyrostek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hamílton Proença, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Juliszew SSA defense, Marcus Castro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dawid Wyrostek. The Juliszew SSA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dawid Wyrostek should have stopped the shot. Hamílton Proença hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Stanislaw Filipkowski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emílio Albuquerque read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. In the 87th minute, Juliszew SSA's Leonard Karwowski ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Emílio Albuquerque. Emílio Albuquerque yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-5. 90 minutes into the match, Marcus Castro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dawid Wyrostek. Juliszew SSA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcus Castro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-5. The Juliszew SSA 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.