U23 World League

Chlorine Arena
Spectators: 8478 (Terracing: 6360, Seating: 1949, VIP seats: 169) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gilmar Couto started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Słoneczna2003 Lidzbark W booed when Twierdza Osowiec was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaap Stam didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joannes Leenknecht's late challenge caught a Słoneczna2003 Lidzbark W's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joannes Leenknecht helped the player get up and apologised. Joannes Leenknecht kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. After 11 minutes, Pepo Orihuela mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Twierdza Osowiec and the Słoneczna2003 Lidzbark W players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Twierdza Osowiec's Pepo Orihuela got a free kick in the 11th minute. With a little luck, Słoneczna2003 Lidzbark W's Hieronim Gdowski got control of the ball when Kartal Başar tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gilmar Couto blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ricardo Hendrickx having to make a save. Ricardo Hendrickx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilmar Couto, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Gilmar Couto took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ricardo Hendrickx. Ricardo Hendrickx dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Twierdza Osowiec's Ricardo Hendrickx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilmar Couto in the 23rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kartal Başar in the 25th minute of play forced Słoneczna2003 Lidzbark W's goalkeeper Hieronim Gdowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Kartal Başar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Hieronim Gdowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kartal Başar, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Hieronim Gdowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kartal Başar in the 28th minute of the match. Twierdza Osowiec's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pepo Orihuela in the 36th minute. The corner led Twierdza Osowiec's Pepo Orihuela to fire away a dangerous shot which Hieronim Gdowski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Teofil Nowak made in the 39th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Gilmar Couto immediately put the ball in play. In the 41stth minute of the game Kartal Başar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Słoneczna2003 Lidzbark W's Hieronim Gdowski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kartal Başar scored 1-1 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hieronim Gdowski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The wind increased when Kartal Başar made the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Twierdza Osowiec's goal looked a bit too open when Sever Corbu came free, but Ricardo Hendrickx reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ricardo Hendrickx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilmar Couto in the 58th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the match, Kartal Başar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hieronim Gdowski. Słoneczna2003 Lidzbark W's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kartal Başar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Ricardo Hendrickx made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilmar Couto in the 64th minute of play. Hieronim Gdowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kartal Başar in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sever Corbu in the 70th minute of play forced Twierdza Osowiec's goalkeeper Ricardo Hendrickx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Słoneczna2003 Lidzbark W made a substitution. Andres Ireno replaced Dé Monico. Słoneczna2003 Lidzbark W's Maik Nawrocki was substituted for Bogdan Imbor. Stasio Borczak made in the 73rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Twierdza Osowiec's Billy Hendrickx. Kartal Başar's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hieronim Gdowski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. Ricardo Hendrickx took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andres Ireno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82nd minute, Kartal Başar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Twierdza Osowiec fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Ricardo Hendrickx made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gilmar Couto in the 88th minute. In the 91st minute Sever Corbu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Hendrickx saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Słoneczna2003 Lidzbark W's Hieronim Gdowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kartal Başar in the 92nd minute of play. 95 minutes into the game, Andres Ireno recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ricardo Hendrickx. Andres Ireno showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-2. For all the effort they put into the match, the Słoneczna2003 Lidzbark W players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Twierdza Osowiec.