U23 World League

Thunder Stadium
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sylwester Jankowski kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Sylwester Jankowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sebastian Xabier was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sylwester Jankowski in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sebastian Xabier saved SOUTH THUNDER from getting behind. In the 5th minute Sylwester Jankowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastian Xabier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastian Xabier stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sylwester Jankowski's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. SOUTH THUNDER's Sebastian Xabier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sylwester Jankowski in the 12th minute of play. After having played for 14 minutes, Ruperto Abad managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Grodzka's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ruperto Abad was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. SOUTH THUNDER's Sebastian Xabier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sylwester Jankowski in the 17th minute of play. After a rather tough play, SOUTH THUNDER's Humberto Bixintxo got a free kick in the 19th minute. Humberto Bixintxo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wincent Drab having to interfere. After 29 played minutes FC Grodzka got a freekick which was hit by Wladyslaw Kopacz. Sylwester Jankowski scored 0-1 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sebastian Xabier, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sebastian Xabier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sylwester Jankowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute, Augusto Procopio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, FC Grodzka's Wincent Drab got control of the ball when Van Field tried to sneak it across the goal line. Van Field kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 47thth minute. Though ot was a great shot FC Grodzka's keeper Wincent Drab was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. The SOUTH THUNDER players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Grodzka were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Van Field made the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, SOUTH THUNDER's goalkeeper Sebastian Xabier had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sylwester Jankowski. 57 minutes into the match, SOUTH THUNDER's Van Field sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wincent Drab narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ruperto Abad could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Sebastian Xabier made a huge save. 62 minutes into the match, Van Field notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of FC Grodzka's Wincent Drab. Wincent Drab was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 64th match minute, SOUTH THUNDER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Van Field to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of FC Grodzka booed when SOUTH THUNDER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Augusto Procopio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wincent Drab showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augusto Procopio, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. If Humberto Bixintxo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 70 minutes into the match, FC Grodzka's goal looked a bit too open when Humberto Bixintxo came free, but Wincent Drab reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wincent Drab didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Humberto Bixintxo went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Wincent Drab stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Humberto Bixintxo's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augusto Procopio in the 75th minute of play forced FC Grodzka's goalkeeper Wincent Drab to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to SOUTH THUNDER getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Norberto Incendio hit a great ball. In the 79th minute, Florian Dziatkowicz made a precise shot to the right of Sebastian Xabier. SOUTH THUNDER's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Santiago Bautista hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Sylwester Jankowski could shoot a difficult shot in the 85th minute, which Sebastian Xabier however easily saved by the left post. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Grodzka's goalkeeper Wincent Drab, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Norberto Incendio kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. After some careless play in the SOUTH THUNDER defense, Florian Dziatkowicz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sebastian Xabier. The SOUTH THUNDER fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sebastian Xabier should have stopped the shot. Sebastian Xabier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Dziatkowicz in the 94th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sylwester Jankowski got free with Sebastian Xabier in the 97th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The SOUTH THUNDER supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching FC Grodzka's performance. The match ended with a win for FC Grodzka.