U23 World League

Ciudadela Tucumana
Spectators: 7886 (Terracing: 5915, Seating: 1814, VIP seats: 157) Marios Tselekis made the kick off and thus started the match. Mazaredo AFC's Delmiro Ferrando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zbigniew Grabowicz in the 9th minute of play. After a rather tough play, FlashField Bielsko-Biała's Wincenty Ranowiecki got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 13th minute, Lucas Gaur hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 14 minutes into the match, Zbigniew Grabowicz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Delmiro Ferrando. Mazaredo AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zbigniew Grabowicz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. If Tito Lewandowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tolek Pietras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tino Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tolek Pietras made an important save on a dangerous shot by Salvador Beltxe in the 23rd minute. FlashField Bielsko-Biała's Tolek Pietras played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tino Costa in the 26th minute of play. After 28 minutes of play, FlashField Bielsko-Biała's Zbigniew Grabowicz made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Delmiro Ferrando was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Tito Lewandowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Delmiro Ferrando was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tino Costa in the 32nd minute of play forced FlashField Bielsko-Biała's goalkeeper Tolek Pietras to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 35 played minutes FlashField Bielsko-Biała got a freekick which was hit by Herbert Polek. 35 minutes into the match, Mazaredo AFC's Manuel Giro broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After the first half FlashField Bielsko-Biała were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Salvador Beltxe was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marios Tselekis got free with Delmiro Ferrando in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tolek Pietras didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Salvador Beltxe went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. With a little luck, Mazaredo AFC's Delmiro Ferrando got control of the ball when Zbigniew Grabowicz tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tino Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tolek Pietras having to interfere. Delmiro Ferrando didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FlashField Bielsko-Biała's Tito Lewandowski shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Tolek Pietras showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tino Costa in the 65th minute of the match. Zbigniew Grabowicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tino Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adan Igon kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. After some careless play in the FlashField Bielsko-Biała defense, Tino Costa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tolek Pietras. The FlashField Bielsko-Biała fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tolek Pietras should have stopped the shot. Salvador Beltxe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tolek Pietras having to interfere. Delmiro Ferrando showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wincenty Ranowiecki, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wincenty Ranowiecki in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Delmiro Ferrando saved Mazaredo AFC from getting behind. A collision led to FlashField Bielsko-Biała getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Wincenty Ranowiecki hit a great ball. Delmiro Ferrando showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tito Lewandowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. The FlashField Bielsko-Biała supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing FlashField Bielsko-Biała would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.