U23 World League

CHAMPIONS STADIUM
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Walery Absolwent took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Rega Merida CF's Wawrzyniec Karaszkiewicz got a free kick in the 6th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Roch Bentkowski during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 11th minute, Roch Bentkowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th minute, Roch Bentkowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Toader Răducanu's late challenge caught a Rega Merida CF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Toader Răducanu helped the player get up and apologised. Franciszek Andrysiak kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. 21 minutes in the game Toader Răducanu did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Edgar Drumeș. In the 23rdth minute of the game Walery Absolwent who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Champions Iasi's Mugurel Godeanu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mugurel Godeanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walery Absolwent in the 27th minute of play. Adam Soszka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandru Mercescu in the 35th minute of the match. Roch Bentkowski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mugurel Godeanu having to make a save. When Juliusz Kaczucha fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rega Merida CF's protests and gave Juliusz Kaczucha a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Rega Merida CF's Juliusz Kaczucha got a free kick in the 47th minute. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ionică Grădinaru stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Champions Iasi's goalkeeper Mugurel Godeanu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Champions Iasi's Grigore Albulescu got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Rega Merida CF's Eugeniusz Sokolski quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Toader Răducanu, made in the 65th minute of the game. Adam Soszka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandru Mercescu in the 70th minute of play. Walery Absolwent received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mugurel Godeanu came out and tried to block the shot, but Walery Absolwent slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 72nd minute. Rega Merida CF made a substitution. Pawel Bialakowski replaced Patryk Michalski. Rega Merida CF made a substitution. Gilbert Witek replaced Franciszek Andrysiak. Adam Soszka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grigore Albulescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Champions Iasi booed when Rega Merida CF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bartlomiej Kaczor didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Ionică Grădinaru came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Champions Iasi 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 Ionică Grădinaru couldn't finish the play. After 85 minutes, Edgar Drumeș mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Champions Iasi and the Rega Merida CF players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 85th match minute, Champions Iasi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edgar Drumeș to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Ziemowit Zyskowski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rega Merida CF's supporters rose to their feet, but Ziemowit Zyskowski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mugurel Godeanu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pawel Bialakowski's late challenge caught a Champions Iasi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pawel Bialakowski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 89th match minute, Rega Merida CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pawel Bialakowski to maneuver through the defense. When Toader Răducanu was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 91 minutes had been played. The supporters of Rega Merida CF booed when Champions Iasi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toader Răducanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ziemowit Zyskowski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mugurel Godeanu came out and tried to block the shot, but Ziemowit Zyskowski slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 92nd minute. Mugurel Godeanu made a fantastic save in the 97th minute, when Ziemowit Zyskowski sent off a good shot on target. Although Champions Iasi had been in control for most of the match, Rega Merida CF still came away with the win.