U23 World League

Ion Oblemenco
Spectators: 8133 (Terracing: 6101, Seating: 1871, VIP seats: 161) Marek Sagan made the kick off and thus started the match. If Grigore Jula had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Lech Latkiewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francisco Beltran in the 10th minute of play. Lech Latkiewicz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Francisco Beltran in the 13th minute. In the 17th minute of the game Mariusz Jop made a throw-in which Szymon Grunwalski played forward. After a rather tough play, Legia Warszawa 【L】's Niccolo Milko got a free kick in the 18th minute. When Flavius Grec came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Rova Rosiori fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Flavius Grec couldn't finish the play. Lech Latkiewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Beltran, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 24 minutes into the match, Rova Rosiori's Francisco Beltran sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lech Latkiewicz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 25 minutes Legia Warszawa 【L】's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Flavius Grec who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Rova Rosiori's Flavius Grec to fire away a dangerous shot which Lech Latkiewicz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Lech Latkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Beltran in the 31st minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Rova Rosiori's Francisco Beltran sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lech Latkiewicz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Lech Latkiewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Beltran, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 40th minute, Francisco Beltran 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. In the 41st minute Francisco Beltran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lech Latkiewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After recieving a nice pass, Rova Rosiori's Amador Baladi tried to score from far away in the 47th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Grigore Jula to strike the kick off in the second half. Rova Rosiori's Paul Dumitru proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 50th minute of the match, managed to save Rova Rosiori from getting a goal against them. Legia Warszawa 【L】 were awarded a corner in the 51th minute after Rova Rosiori's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Eugenio Frances took the corner. The corner led Legia Warszawa 【L】's Eugenio Frances to fire away a dangerous shot which Paul Dumitru despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. With a little luck, Rova Rosiori's Paul Dumitru got control of the ball when Tạ Mara tried to sneak it across the goal line. Paul Dumitru didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 52nd minute, which inside left pole to 0-1. In the 64th minute, Francisco Beltran ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lech Latkiewicz was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Paul Dumitru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Kosecki in the 74th minute of play. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Karol Czerniejewski was substituted for Tạ Mara. Legia Warszawa 【L】 made a substitution. Aleksander Teofila replaced Dariusz Mierzwa. In the 78th minute Rova Rosiori were awarded a corner. Flavius Grec went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Rova Rosiori's corner Flavius Grec fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lech Latkiewicz quite easily take care of the ball. 81 minutes into the game, Rova Rosiori's Grigore Jula nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lech Latkiewicz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Paul Dumitru took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Szymon Grunwalski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lech Latkiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grigore Jula in the 85th minute of the match. In the 85th minute, Grigore Jula left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rova Rosiori fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Rova Rosiori had won after a very even match.