U23 World League

Ligga Arena
Spectators: 7623 (Terracing: 5718, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pablo Felip got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Orlando Barbosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpected shot in the 7th minute by Antonio Ponta got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 8 minutes into the game, Dariusz Kostrzewa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Piotrków Trybunalski's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ATHLETICO PRaiano the free kick. Dariusz Kostrzewa hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Leon Mentus stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pablo Felip's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. When Pablo Felip, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 12 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Leon Mentus was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. In the 15th minute, Pablo Felip ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leon Mentus was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 17th minute, Pablo Felip made a precise shot to the right of Leon Mentus. Piotrków Trybunalski's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. The audience was convinced that Pablo Felip's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leon Mentus was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Pablo Felip blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Leon Mentus having to make a save. 22 minutes into the match, Piotrków Trybunalski's goal looked a bit too open when Pablo Felip came free, but Leon Mentus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Piotrków Trybunalski's zone, Pablo Felip stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leon Mentus came out of the goal and Pablo Felip tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mieszko Czysta's late challenge caught a ATHLETICO PRaiano's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mieszko Czysta helped the player get up and apologised. Mieszko Czysta hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Piotrków Trybunalski's zone, Pablo Felip stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leon Mentus came out of the goal and Pablo Felip tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 40 played minutes Piotrków Trybunalski got a freekick which was hit by Dariusz Kostrzewa. Antonio Ponta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kacper Domala stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Vítor Roque came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the ATHLETICO PRaiano 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 Vítor Roque couldn't finish the play. If Vítor Roque had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Leon Mentus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vítor Roque in the 60th minute of the match. Kacper Domala kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Piotrków Trybunalski's goal looked a bit too open when Vítor Roque came free, but Leon Mentus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, ATHLETICO PRaiano's goal looked a bit too open when Antoni Falke came free, but Micael Moreira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute of the match Piotrków Trybunalski got a corner. ATHLETICO PRaiano's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bartosz Miazga ran over to the corner to take the kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Vítor Roque managed to get in a good position for a shot. ATHLETICO PRaiano's supporters rose to their feet, but Vítor Roque was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leon Mentus breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Leon Mentus didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vítor Roque went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. Vítor Roque took the ball and in the 76 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Leon Mentus. Leon Mentus dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. In the 79th minute, Vítor Roque 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. Herbert Juroszek got a throw-in 83 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Mieszko Czysta. In the 84th minute Antonio Ponta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leon Mentus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Piotrków Trybunalski's Leon Mentus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vítor Roque in the 86th minute of play. 87 minutes into the game, ATHLETICO PRaiano's Vítor Roque nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Leon Mentus made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 9-0. After a rather tough play, ATHLETICO PRaiano's Luan Patrick got a free kick in the 91st minute. In the 93rd minute, Luan Patrick hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 95 minutes into the match, Vítor Roque had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Leon Mentus. Piotrków Trybunalski's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vítor Roque was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 10-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. ATHLETICO PRaiano fully deserved thier win.