U23 World League

Stadion CHORZOWIANKA
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) AKS Chorzów's Stasio Misiorowski 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. A collision led to AKS Chorzów getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Milosz Huk hit a great ball. 5 minutes into the match, Anselmo Negri notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of AKS Chorzów's Radowit Wnukowski. Radowit Wnukowski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Brock Friend blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Radowit Wnukowski having to make a save. 13 minutes into the match, Anselmo Negri notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of AKS Chorzów's Radowit Wnukowski. Radowit Wnukowski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Brock Friend blasted a shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Radowit Wnukowski having to make a save. AKS Chorzów's Radowit Wnukowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brock Friend in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anselmo Negri in the 18th minute of play forced AKS Chorzów's goalkeeper Radowit Wnukowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the AKS Chorzów defense, Brock Friend kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Radowit Wnukowski. The AKS Chorzów fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Radowit Wnukowski should have stopped the shot. Radowit Wnukowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brock Friend, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anselmo Negri's late challenge caught a AKS Chorzów's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anselmo Negri helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Anselmo Negri got a free kick in the 28th minute. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube made a substitution. Cristi Saron replaced Aníbal Recife. In the 29th match minute, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anselmo Negri to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Arthur Bufi got control of the ball when Milosz Huk tried to sneak it across the goal line. Radowit Wnukowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brock Friend, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Radowit Wnukowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anselmo Negri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th match minute, AKS Chorzów was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stanislaw Miazga to maneuver through the defense. Anselmo Negri struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Radowit Wnukowski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. 42 minutes into the match, Brock Friend had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Radowit Wnukowski. AKS Chorzów's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Brock Friend was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 47thth minute of the game Brock Friend who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AKS Chorzów's Radowit Wnukowski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luiz Paulo Fantini was the one to do the kick off. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after AKS Chorzów's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Rogério Teixeira took the corner. After some careless play in the AKS Chorzów defense, Brock Friend kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Radowit Wnukowski. The AKS Chorzów fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Radowit Wnukowski should have stopped the shot. In the 59th minute, Brock Friend made a precise shot to the right of Radowit Wnukowski. AKS Chorzów's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Brock Friend scored 0-7 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Radowit Wnukowski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ye Hong Shi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Radowit Wnukowski made a huge save. Brock Friend received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Radowit Wnukowski came out and tried to block the shot, but Brock Friend slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 68th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Brock Friend got free with Radowit Wnukowski in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brock Friend in the 73rd minute of play forced AKS Chorzów's goalkeeper Radowit Wnukowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Radowit Wnukowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brock Friend in the 77th minute of the match. In the 81st minute Brock Friend shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radowit Wnukowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes into the game, Brock Friend cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-10. Radowit Wnukowski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 91 minutes into the game, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Luiz Paulo Fantini nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Radowit Wnukowski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-12. 94 minutes into the game, Ye Hong Shi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave AKS Chorzów the free kick. In the 94th match minute, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ye Hong Shi to maneuver through the defense. Stasio Misiorowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The AKS Chorzów fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube were clearly better and deserved to take the win.