U23 World League

Sahara
Spectators: 7776 (Terracing: 5833, Seating: 1788, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zhuang Hai Xu kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the game, Arda Izmir cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Pawel Makarewicz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Borys Cempa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Cornelio Nardo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Arda Izmir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Pawel Makarewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arda Izmir in the 14th minute of play. In the 15th minute Arda Izmir shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pawel Makarewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arda Izmir in the 19th minute of play forced Bastion Juźkowa's goalkeeper Pawel Makarewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pawel Makarewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arda Izmir, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bastion Juźkowa's goalkeeper Pawel Makarewicz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Arda Izmir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pawel Makarewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arda Izmir in the 31st minute of play. If Arda Izmir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Pawel Makarewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arda Izmir, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arda Izmir in the 41st minute of play forced Bastion Juźkowa's goalkeeper Pawel Makarewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Bastion Juźkowa's zone, Arda Izmir stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pawel Makarewicz came out of the goal and Arda Izmir tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The Bastion Juźkowa players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. DESTROY were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Franciszek Serwach to strike the kick off in the second half. Arda Izmir could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Pawel Makarewicz made a huge save. 52 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bastion Juźkowa's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arda Izmir was slow to take the kick. During this time DESTROY's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on DESTROY's corner Arda Izmir fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pawel Makarewicz quite easily take care of the ball. Borys Cempa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Cornelio Nardo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 65th minute Jay-Jay West shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pawel Makarewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jay-Jay West did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-2 to the left of a surprised Pawel Makarewicz 67 minutes into the match. Cornelio Nardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grzegorz Czerny, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bastion Juźkowa's Witalis Konopka got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 79th minute Grzegorz Czerny shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cornelio Nardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Bastion Juźkowa's goalkeeper Pawel Makarewicz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cornelio Nardo came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Bastion Juźkowa's Grzegorz Czerny. But to his dismay, Grzegorz Czerny quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Cornelio Nardo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Czerny in the 92nd minute of the match. Although Bastion Juźkowa had been in control for most of the match, DESTROY still came away with the win.