World League

Arena Blanka
Spectators: 8493 (Terracing: 6371, Seating: 1953, VIP seats: 169) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ion Dulgherescu kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, Andrzej Zapolski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Franco Szczęsny. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andrzej Zapolski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Lu Zhen Sheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andre Loodus in the 6th minute of play. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Karl Zielezinski in the 8th minute. Franco Szczęsny took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrzej Zapolski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th minute Andrzej Zapolski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Szczęsny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s zone, Andrzej Zapolski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Franco Szczęsny came out of the goal and Andrzej Zapolski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Miguel Furtado hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. The supporters of BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- booed when DREAM TEAM WORLD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Betinho de Queirós didn't get a good kick on the ball. 19 minutes into the match, DREAM TEAM WORLD's Héctor Adomaitis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Franco Szczęsny narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Franco Szczęsny stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andrzej Zapolski's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Andrzej Zapolski put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Franco Szczęsny. Franco Szczęsny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrzej Zapolski in the 37th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the game, Andrzej Zapolski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Franco Szczęsny was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ion Dulgherescu in the 43rd minute of play forced DREAM TEAM WORLD's goalkeeper Lu Zhen Sheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The wind increased when Andrzej Zapolski made the kick off in the second half. After having played for 53 minutes, Ion Dulgherescu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Ion Dulgherescu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Elpidio Curcio fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored DREAM TEAM WORLD's protests and gave Elpidio Curcio a yellow card for diving instead. Elpidio Curcio kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. DREAM TEAM WORLD made a substitution. Koča Kafarov replaced Andrzej Zapolski. The supporters of BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- booed when DREAM TEAM WORLD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elpidio Curcio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Franco Szczęsny made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elpidio Curcio in the 61st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Koča Kafarov got free with Franco Szczęsny in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Koča Kafarov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Franco Szczęsny tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- made a substitution. Miguel Pirani replaced Cristinel Inculeț. DREAM TEAM WORLD's Paulo Jon was substituted for Elpidio Curcio. Lu Zhen Sheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Keno De Bruyne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 82 minutes into the match, DREAM TEAM WORLD's goal looked a bit too open when Keno De Bruyne came free, but Lu Zhen Sheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in DREAM TEAM WORLD's zone, Keno De Bruyne stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lu Zhen Sheng came out of the goal and Keno De Bruyne tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lukasz Piekarczyk kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match.