U23 World League

Legion Arena
Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 150) Pretoria Gostyń's Lech Pietrasz started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Pretoria Gostyń's Tytus Wietrzychowski got a free kick in the 6th minute. Valter Festas struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Tomasz Dziedelonis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for MKS Legion Częstochowa. With an all-out effort, MKS Legion Częstochowa's Tomasz Dziedelonis threw himself towards the right post 20 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Valter Festas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Tomasz Dziedelonis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zachary Naskrent, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Szczepan Plachetka kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Valter Festas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomasz Dziedelonis having to interfere. The corner went over the outstretched arms of MKS Legion Częstochowa's goalie and right to Beniamin Makarewicz. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. MKS Legion Częstochowa's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 43rd minute of the match, Rafal Gmoch tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Tomasz Dziedelonis saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line.

MKS Legion Częstochowa's Pawel Niezywy was substituted for Borys Zgonina. MKS Legion Częstochowa's Zachariasz Zecman was substituted for Napoleon Chlebek. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valter Festas made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Pretoria Gostyń's goal looked a bit too open when Valter Festas came free, but Tomasz Dziedelonis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roch Lodowy's late challenge caught a Pretoria Gostyń's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Roch Lodowy helped the player get up and apologised. After 57 played minutes MKS Legion Częstochowa got a freekick which was hit by Roch Lodowy. With a little luck, MKS Legion Częstochowa's Jimeno Velasco got control of the ball when Lech Pietrasz tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jimeno Velasco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lech Pietrasz, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After a rather tough play, Pretoria Gostyń's Szczepan Plachetka got a free kick in the 62nd minute. A collision led to MKS Legion Częstochowa getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Zachary Naskrent hit a great ball. Tomasz Dziedelonis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafal Gmoch in the 69th minute of play. After 70 minutes Pretoria Gostyń's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rafal Gmoch who took care of the corner kick. Jimeno Velasco made an important save on a dangerous shot by Napoleon Kalinowski in the 71st minute. Tomasz Dziedelonis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valter Festas in the 75th minute of the match. Valter Festas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valter Festas in the 79th minute of play forced Pretoria Gostyń's goalkeeper Tomasz Dziedelonis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, MKS Legion Częstochowa's Zachary Naskrent got a free kick in the 80th minute. Zachary Naskrent's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tomasz Dziedelonis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. Rafal Gmoch received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Tomasz Dziedelonis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 93 minutes of play, MKS Legion Częstochowa's Valter Festas made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tomasz Dziedelonis was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of MKS Legion Częstochowa booed when Pretoria Gostyń was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ludomir Posadzki didn't get a good kick on the ball. MKS Legion Częstochowa's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.