U23 World League

Eighty-Three
Spectators: 8147 (Terracing: 6113, Seating: 1871, VIP seats: 163) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Medero Gadea kicked off to start the match. Edin Džeko could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Radomir Burdalski made a huge save. FC Cavia Pyskowice's Radomir Burdalski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save FC Cavia Pyskowice from getting a goal against them. GeRaÇãO-83's Antonio Di Natale quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Mikolaj Pacholewski, made in the 12th minute of the game. After 14 played minutes FC Cavia Pyskowice got a freekick which was hit by Hervé Trouche. FC Cavia Pyskowice's Radomir Burdalski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save FC Cavia Pyskowice from getting a goal against them. Grzegorz Siekierski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miska Cavia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to GeRaÇãO-83 getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Silas de Lima hit a great ball. After 21 minutes, Miska Cavia made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. GeRaÇãO-83's Grzegorz Siekierski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Jojo Cavia was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 25 minutes into the match. FC Cavia Pyskowice made a substitution. Czeslaw Drozdowski replaced Milosz Walentowicz. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC Cavia Pyskowice fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 25th minute. Penalty! In the 29th minute of the match GeRaÇãO-83 got a corner. FC Cavia Pyskowice's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Billy Backman ran over to the corner to take the kick. Billy Backman made a great header on GeRaÇãO-83's corner, it was just that FC Cavia Pyskowice's Radomir Burdalski managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edin Džeko got free with Radomir Burdalski in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 34th minute GeRaÇãO-83 were awarded a corner. Billy Backman went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Billy Backman got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Radomir Burdalski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 38 minutes, Edin Džeko made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. FC Cavia Pyskowice's Radomir Burdalski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. FC Cavia Pyskowice's Radomir Burdalski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save FC Cavia Pyskowice from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, FC Cavia Pyskowice's Radomir Burdalski got control of the ball when Edin Džeko tried to sneak it across the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Miska Cavia to make the kick off. Hervé Trouche fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grzegorz Siekierski having to interfere. Radomir Burdalski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edin Džeko in the 54th minute of the match. Grzegorz Siekierski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miska Cavia in the 59th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miska Cavia in the 63rd minute of play forced GeRaÇãO-83's goalkeeper Grzegorz Siekierski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute, Edin Džeko ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Radomir Burdalski was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. In the 74th minute Edin Džeko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radomir Burdalski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edin Džeko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Radomir Burdalski having to make a save. Radomir Burdalski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edin Džeko, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. After 83 minutes of play, GeRaÇãO-83's Edin Džeko made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Radomir Burdalski was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 86th minute, Edin Džeko ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Radomir Burdalski was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. 94 minutes into the match, GeRaÇãO-83's goalkeeper Grzegorz Siekierski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dominik Antoszewski. With an all-out effort, FC Cavia Pyskowice's Grzegorz Siekierski threw himself towards the right post 95 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Juliusz Kinic, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The GeRaÇãO-83 fans cheered their team off the field, for while FC Cavia Pyskowice had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.