U23 World League

ROJO LEN
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Ludomir Zacharek started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, ROJO's Filiberto Jordy got a free kick in the 6th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ludomir Zacharek in the 7th minute of play forced ROJO's goalkeeper Aldo Kaxen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 9 minutes into the game, Olgierd Cwojdak cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Aldo Kaxen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. GKS Katowice's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dominik Brysz in the 16th minute. Cezary Kasiewski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ROJO's Aldo Kaxen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ludomir Zacharek in the 23rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Cezary Kasiewski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aldo Kaxen was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ludomir Zacharek in the 27th minute of play forced ROJO's goalkeeper Aldo Kaxen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the match, ROJO's goal looked a bit too open when Ludomir Zacharek came free, but Aldo Kaxen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 28 played minutes ROJO got a freekick which was hit by Tymoteusz Byczewski. 30 minutes into the match, ROJO's goal looked a bit too open when Cezary Kasiewski came free, but Aldo Kaxen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ludomir Zacharek in the 35th minute of play forced ROJO's goalkeeper Aldo Kaxen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, ROJO's goal looked a bit too open when Ludomir Zacharek came free, but Aldo Kaxen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th match minute, ROJO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evaristo Tristan to maneuver through the defense. 40 minutes into the game, Ludomir Zacharek cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Aldo Kaxen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half GKS Katowice were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jan Huijsmans was the one to do the kick off. 62 minutes into the match, Lucjan Werra notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of ROJO's Aldo Kaxen. Aldo Kaxen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lucjan Werra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Aldo Kaxen made a huge save. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by ROJO's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dominik Brysz was slow to take the kick. During this time GKS Katowice's players had a chance to rest. The audience was convinced that Cezary Kasiewski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aldo Kaxen was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Aldo Kaxen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lucjan Werra in the 70th minute. After 72 minutes ROJO's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dominik Brysz who took care of the corner kick. With a little luck, ROJO's Aldo Kaxen got control of the ball when Lucjan Werra tried to sneak it across the goal line. When ROJO's Jan Huijsmans in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye GKS Katowice's goalie prevented a goal. Clemente Panpili hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. In the 89th minute, Dominik Brysz 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. Filiberto Jordy's late challenge caught a GKS Katowice's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Filiberto Jordy helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ROJO getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Filiberto Jordy hit a great ball. When Cezary Kasiewski came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the GKS Katowice 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 Cezary Kasiewski couldn't finish the play. In the 97th minute, Cezary Kasiewski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GKS Katowice fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. When the final whistle sounded GKS Katowice left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ROJO.