U23 World League

Camp Nou
Spectators: 7994 (Terracing: 5997, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Szymon Grunwalski got the match started through his kick off. When Osvaldo Meireles fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AKS Kozienice's protests and gave Osvaldo Meireles a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to AKS Kozienice getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Osvaldo Meireles hit a great ball. Grzegorz Siekierski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Szymon Grunwalski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lech Latkiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Miodek in the 12th minute of the match. Grzegorz Siekierski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tạ Mara, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Dariusz Mierzwa hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Romarinho Riquelme fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lech Latkiewicz having to interfere. Rodrigo Gai hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. In the 18th play minute Grzegorz Miodek came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Lech Latkiewicz. 1-0. Lech Latkiewicz made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Grzegorz Miodek sent off a good shot on target. Romarinho Riquelme received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Lech Latkiewicz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Grzegorz Siekierski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tạ Mara in the 30th minute of the match. Grzegorz Siekierski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tạ Mara, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Tạ Mara recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Grzegorz Miodek came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the AKS Kozienice fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Grzegorz Miodek couldn't finish the play. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Lech Latkiewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Legia Warszawa 【L】 from getting a goal against them. Lech Latkiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Miodek in the 42nd minute of the match. Aleksander Teofila kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Lech Latkiewicz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Romarinho Riquelme's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. The supporters of Legia Warszawa 【L】 booed when AKS Kozienice was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gu Peng Guo didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Romarinho Riquelme stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lech Latkiewicz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Romarinho Riquelme went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. 54 minutes into the match, Grzegorz Miodek had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lech Latkiewicz. Legia Warszawa 【L】's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Grzegorz Miodek was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. The goalkeeper, Grzegorz Siekierski, was totally fooled by Legia Warszawa 【L】's Szymon Grunwalski, who 63 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. AKS Kozienice's Grzegorz Siekierski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafal Augustyniak in the 69th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Szymon Grunwalski got free with Grzegorz Siekierski in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dariusz Mierzwa made in the 73rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Tạ Mara. After some careless play in the Legia Warszawa 【L】 defense, Leon Banas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lech Latkiewicz. The Legia Warszawa 【L】 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lech Latkiewicz should have stopped the shot. AKS Kozienice's Grzegorz Siekierski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save AKS Kozienice from getting a goal against them. Lech Latkiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leon Banas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tạ Mara in the 92nd minute of play forced AKS Kozienice's goalkeeper Grzegorz Siekierski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. AKS Kozienice had won after a very even match.