U23 World League

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Maravilla's Agustín Orion played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Herbert Zurawski in the 7th minute of play. A throw-in in the 9th minute of the game was made by Rafal Duda with Beniamin Jakubiak as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Agustín Orion showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boleslaw Polakowski in the 11th minute of the match. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by Maravilla's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Juliusz Makomaski was slow to take the kick. During this time KKP Spasione Kocury's players had a chance to rest. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind KKP Spasione Kocury's goalkeeper Lech Rosen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Agustín Orion made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herbert Zurawski in the 18th minute of play. A collision led to Maravilla getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Enzo Martinez hit a great ball. Agustín Orion showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herbert Zurawski in the 21st minute of the match. KKP Spasione Kocury's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Juliusz Makomaski in the 23rd minute. The corner led KKP Spasione Kocury's Beniamin Jakubiak to fire away a dangerous shot which Agustín Orion despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Herbert Zurawski scored 0-1 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Agustín Orion, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 34 minutes, Boleslaw Polakowski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. KKP Spasione Kocury's supporters crossed their fingers, but Boleslaw Polakowski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Boleslaw Polakowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Agustín Orion. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Boleslaw Polakowski ran back to his position shaking his head. Wiktor Hryc charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wiktor Hryc the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 39 played minutes KKP Spasione Kocury got a freekick which was hit by Wiktor Hryc.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Boleslaw Polakowski was the one to do the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Boleslaw Polakowski in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Agustín Orion saved Maravilla from getting behind. Herbert Zurawski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Agustín Orion having to interfere. Boleslaw Polakowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Agustín Orion having to interfere. Lech Rosen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iván Leguizamón, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Iván Leguizamón struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Lech Rosen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Maravilla. In the 76th minute, Herbert Zurawski got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. KKP Spasione Kocury's Lech Rosen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iván Leguizamón in the 82nd minute of play. In the 84th minute Sabin Zubiaga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Agustín Orion saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Jerzy Skaradoski came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the KKP Spasione Kocury 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 Jerzy Skaradoski couldn't finish the play. Enzo Martinez hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. KKP Spasione Kocury played a much better game than Maravilla and deserved their victory. The Maravilla players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.