U23 World League

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Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hermengildo Bladi started the match with the kick off. Leon Mentus came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Guansa's Hermengildo Bladi. But to his dismay, Hermengildo Bladi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. With an all-out effort, Guansa's Leon Mentus threw himself towards the right post 15 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Hermengildo Bladi, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 19 played minutes Piotrków Trybunalski got a freekick which was hit by Sebastian Basaik. The audience thought a goal was coming when Flavio Ipar got free with Leon Mentus in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When %teams%'s Hermengildo Bladi was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 4-0 just inside the left pole, 20 minutes into the game. Leon Mentus was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. In the 23rd minute, Guansa's Ladislao Elodio dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-0. Boleslaw Rydzyk hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Leon Mentus was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Flavio Ipar. Antoni Falke charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Antoni Falke the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Antoni Falke hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. After 31 minutes of play, Guansa's Ladislao Elodio made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leon Mentus was left in no man's land by his defense there! Antoni Falke hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. With his leg Leon Mentus managed to avoid a goal in the 39thth minute, when Guansa's Hermengildo Bladi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Hector Terciero could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Leon Mentus made a huge save. 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 7-0.

Ladislao Elodio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match clock showed 55 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Hermengildo Bladi sped through Piotrków Trybunalski's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Leon Mentus. The audience was convinced that Hermengildo Bladi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leon Mentus was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. 64 minutes into the game, Guansa's Hector Terciero 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, 10-0. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Hermengildo Bladi put it in 11-0 from a short distance just to the right of Leon Mentus. When the match clock showed 71 minutes, the score became 12-0 when Hermengildo Bladi sped through Piotrków Trybunalski's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Leon Mentus. In the 74th minute, Hector Terciero made a precise shot to the right of Leon Mentus. Piotrków Trybunalski's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 13-0. Leon Mentus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hector Terciero in the 76th minute of the match. Piotrków Trybunalski's Leon Mentus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hermengildo Bladi in the 78th minute of play. Leon Mentus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hector Terciero in the 79th minute of play. Leon Mentus stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hermengildo Bladi's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. When Hermengildo Bladi came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Guansa 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 Hermengildo Bladi couldn't finish the play. Leon Mentus didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Guansa's Hermengildo Bladi shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 15-0 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hector Terciero in the 92nd minute of play forced Piotrków Trybunalski's goalkeeper Leon Mentus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the match, Hector Terciero 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 Hector Terciero was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 16-0. In the 97th minute Hermengildo Bladi 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.