U23 World League

Portugália Arena
Spectators: 7734 (Terracing: 5802, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Wasyl Zakrzewski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Serafino Gaitano got a throw-in 8 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Claudinei Tasso. Rogério Soberano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Grabowicz in the 11th minute of play. In the 12th minute YNWA LFC Kamionka Team were awarded a corner. Robert Grabowicz went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Robert Grabowicz almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but CA Portugália's Rogério Soberano did a great save. A hard shot 18 in the game by Mario Jesus Jardel from a close distance when the talented Marcin Kaczucha managed to make a qualified save. YNWA LFC Kamionka Team's players were relieved. The crowd rose to their feet as Mario Jesus Jardel kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcin Kaczucha. That made the score 1-0 in the 20 minute of play. Rogério Soberano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wasyl Zakrzewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 28 minutes into the game, Wasyl Zakrzewski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Rogério Soberano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marcin Kaczucha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudinei Tasso in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Robert Grabowicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 39 minutes into the match, CA Portugália's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Grabowicz came free, but Rogério Soberano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 41 minutes, Mario Jesus Jardel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CA Portugália's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mario Jesus Jardel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 46 minutes into the match, Robert Grabowicz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rogério Soberano. CA Portugália's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Robert Grabowicz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. After the first half YNWA LFC Kamionka Team were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mario Jesus Jardel to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Cezary Kanczuszewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fernandinho Barral missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 52 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Marcin Kaczucha right hand side. After a defensive mix-up in YNWA LFC Kamionka Team's zone, Mario Jesus Jardel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcin Kaczucha came out of the goal and Mario Jesus Jardel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mario Jesus Jardel might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcin Kaczucha. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mario Jesus Jardel ran back to his position shaking his head. 65 minutes into the match, Mario Jesus Jardel notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of YNWA LFC Kamionka Team's Marcin Kaczucha. Marcin Kaczucha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Barry Gunn managed to get in a good position for a shot. CA Portugália's supporters rose to their feet, but Barry Gunn was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcin Kaczucha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marcin Kaczucha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudinei Tasso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 81 minutes of play, CA Portugália's Barry Gunn made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcin Kaczucha was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marcin Kaczucha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Barry Gunn, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Bobby Fett charged in rather forcefully in the 92nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bobby Fett the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to YNWA LFC Kamionka Team getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Bobby Fett hit a great ball. Cezary Kanczuszewski's late challenge caught a CA Portugália's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cezary Kanczuszewski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 93rd minute, Cezary Kanczuszewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94th minute of the match Fernandinho Barral sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marcin Kaczucha skillfully saved the ball. In the 96th minute Claudinei Tasso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcin Kaczucha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the referee ended the match the CA Portugália players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.