U23 World League

Johan Cruyff Arena
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Ajax's Wieslaw Cerocki started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Ajax's Wojciech Mietus got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Leonard Karwowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gigi Buffon. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leonard Karwowski ran back to his position shaking his head. Gigi Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonard Karwowski in the 8th minute of the match. Ajax's Gigi Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonard Karwowski in the 9th minute of play. When Leonard Karwowski came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Juliszew SSA 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 Leonard Karwowski couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Ajax defense, Leonard Karwowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gigi Buffon. The Ajax fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gigi Buffon should have stopped the shot. 16 minutes into the match, Krzysztof Milan notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Ajax's Gigi Buffon. Gigi Buffon was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Remigiusz Galaska's late challenge caught a Juliszew SSA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Remigiusz Galaska helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th match minute, Ajax was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Remigiusz Galaska to maneuver through the defense. In the 21st minute, Leonard Karwowski made a precise shot to the right of Gigi Buffon. Ajax's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Gigi Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonard Karwowski in the 24th minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Leonard Karwowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gigi Buffon was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leonard Karwowski in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gigi Buffon saved Ajax from getting behind. After some careless play in the Ajax defense, Beniamin Gerlach kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gigi Buffon. The Ajax fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gigi Buffon should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beniamin Gerlach in the 38th minute of play forced Ajax's goalkeeper Gigi Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute Leonard Karwowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigi Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leonard Karwowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gigi Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonard Karwowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute.

The wind increased when Beniamin Gerlach made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Beniamin Gerlach had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gigi Buffon. Ajax's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Beniamin Gerlach was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. Ajax's Gigi Buffon proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save Ajax from getting a goal against them. In the 59th minute, Remigiusz Galaska hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leonard Karwowski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gigi Buffon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. In the 70th minute Leonard Karwowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigi Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Mateusz Biegun fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ajax's protests and gave Mateusz Biegun a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Ajax getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Mateusz Biegun hit a great ball. A collision led to Ajax getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Mateusz Biegun hit a great ball. 76 minutes into the match, Ajax's goal looked a bit too open when Stanislaw Filipkowski came free, but Gigi Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Juliszew SSA made a substitution. Zachary Wojtowicz replaced Krzysztof Milan. 86 minutes into the game, Eugeniusz Setara recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gigi Buffon. Eugeniusz Setara showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-8. Gigi Buffon didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Juliszew SSA's Eugeniusz Setara shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-9 in the ordered_time% minute. Gigi Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugeniusz Setara in the 95th minute of the match. Juliszew SSA played a much better game than Ajax and deserved their victory. The Ajax players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.