U23 World League

ZELAZNE W LASKU
Spectators: 7455 (Terracing: 5592, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) SRP-Laguna's Nilmar do Nascimento 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. SMOCZANKA MIELEC's Zygmunt Gniech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nilmar do Nascimento in the 6th minute of play. Zygmunt Gniech showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walmyr Cavalcante in the 8th minute of the match. Benedykt Nienajadlo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Richárd Richards made a huge save. Zygmunt Gniech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nilmar do Nascimento in the 11th minute of play. Zygmunt Gniech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Walmyr Cavalcante, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Zygmunt Gniech showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Téo Donato in the 15th minute of the match. Walmyr Cavalcante fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zygmunt Gniech having to interfere. Krzysztof Mocko kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, SMOCZANKA MIELEC's goal looked a bit too open when Endrick Gol came free, but Zygmunt Gniech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by SMOCZANKA MIELEC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nilmar do Nascimento was slow to take the kick. During this time SRP-Laguna's players had a chance to rest. Nilmar do Nascimento made a great header on SRP-Laguna's corner, it was just that SMOCZANKA MIELEC's Zygmunt Gniech managed to reach the ball for a save. Téo Donato received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Zygmunt Gniech tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Walmyr Cavalcante hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. 37 minutes into the game, Marcelo Domingues cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Zygmunt Gniech was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zygmunt Gniech didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcelo Domingues went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score.

The wind increased when Przemyslaw Frankowski made the kick off in the second half. Marcelo Domingues hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Zygmunt Gniech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Endrick Gol in the 57th minute of play. The referee gave SMOCZANKA MIELEC a penalty, 72 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Borys Pruss, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of SRP-Laguna's Richárd Richards. 1-2. SMOCZANKA MIELEC's Zygmunt Gniech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Walmyr Cavalcante in the 75th minute of play. Wágner Saldanha hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. If Endrick Gol had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to SMOCZANKA MIELEC getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Maksymilian Cupial hit a great ball. 89 minutes into the match, SMOCZANKA MIELEC's goal looked a bit too open when Téo Donato came free, but Zygmunt Gniech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Endrick Gol sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Zygmunt Gniech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Endrick Gol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kazimierz Nowakowski's late challenge caught a SRP-Laguna's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kazimierz Nowakowski helped the player get up and apologised. Kazimierz Nowakowski kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. The SMOCZANKA MIELEC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. SRP-Laguna were clearly better and deserved to take the win.