U21 World League

Pascual Guerrero
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Diablos Rojos's Celestino Villamañan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ryszard Rutkowski in the 2nd minute of play. Celestino Villamañan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ksawery Kaszubowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 5 minutes of play, GKS Milenium's Andrzej Gozdowski made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celestino Villamañan was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 9 minutes, Clodoveo Majua mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Diablos Rojos and the GKS Milenium players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Diablos Rojos's Clodoveo Majua got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 14th minute, Ksawery Kaszubowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Celestino Villamañan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Sefa Özdemir fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmund Solak having to interfere. Teodor Froiz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Edmund Solak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Clodoveo Majua was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 22 minutes had been played. The supporters of GKS Milenium booed when Diablos Rojos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Clodoveo Majua didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edmund Solak was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bruno Echaniz showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 32 minute of play. In the 34th minute, Su Aceituno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Celestino Villamañan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filip Maziarz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomasz Gdowski hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 43rd minute of the game. One of Diablos Rojos:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of GKS Milenium:s goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ryszard Rutkowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Su Aceituno's late challenge caught a GKS Milenium's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Su Aceituno helped the player get up and apologised. In the 57th match minute, Diablos Rojos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Su Aceituno to maneuver through the defense. Sefa Özdemir charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sefa Özdemir the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 62nd minute, Sefa Özdemir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute, GKS Milenium's Filip Maziarz ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Celestino Villamañan. Celestino Villamañan yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-5. With a little luck, Diablos Rojos's Celestino Villamañan got control of the ball when Andrzej Gozdowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, GKS Milenium's Herbert Kapera got a free kick in the 80th minute. In the 81st minute Lionel-Andrés Messias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmund Solak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Diablos Rojos booed when GKS Milenium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ksawery Kaszubowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edmund Solak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sefa Özdemir, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched GKS Milenium eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.