U23 World League

Arena Emilião
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) Seterma Tractors's Osvaldo Terra 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. 8 minutes into the game, Osvaldo Terra recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Barnaba Wachna. Osvaldo Terra showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. 11 minutes into the game, Enéas de Toledo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Barnaba Wachna was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Seterma Tractors's Patrik Sikström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacy Karbowski in the 25th minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, Ignacy Karbowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Patrik Sikström. Seterma Tractors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ignacy Karbowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 30th minute Zbigniew Piglowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrik Sikström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patrik Sikström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mieszko Bielecki in the 33rd minute of play. Osvaldo Terra scored 3-1 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Barnaba Wachna, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Patrik Sikström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacy Karbowski in the 44th minute of the match. In the 46th minute, Zbigniew Piglowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patrik Sikström was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

Barnaba Wachna stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Osvaldo Terra's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Ignacy Karbowski's late challenge caught a Seterma Tractors's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ignacy Karbowski helped the player get up and apologised. Ignacy Karbowski hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Osvaldo Terra in the 63rd minute of play forced Brzeźnica Lynx's goalkeeper Barnaba Wachna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Osvaldo Terra notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Brzeźnica Lynx's Barnaba Wachna. Barnaba Wachna was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 68 played minutes Seterma Tractors got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Soeiro. 71 minutes into the match, Seterma Tractors's goalkeeper Patrik Sikström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zbigniew Piglowski. With his leg Patrik Sikström managed to avoid a goal in the 73rdth minute, when Brzeźnica Lynx's Ceferino Gomar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Patrik Sikström made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Zbigniew Piglowski sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Enéas de Toledo in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Barnaba Wachna prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 81st minute, Waclaw Jastrowicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zbigniew Piglowski's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Patrik Sikström firmly grabbed it by the left post. Enéas de Toledo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Barnaba Wachna read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. Patrik Sikström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ceferino Gomar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Seterma Tractors's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.