U23 World League

Stadio Arnaccio
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lucjan Lisewski started the match with the kick off. The referee felt a red card was in order, 4 minutes into the game, when Daniel Andrysiak put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 3rd minute of the game. One of PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Schuster:s goal. After 5 minutes PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW's goalkeeper Jan Pacholewski managed, with a little bit of luck, save Edoardo Polito's penalty, on his right side after a tricky shot. After some careless play in the PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW defense, Edoardo Polito kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jan Pacholewski. The PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jan Pacholewski should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Carter Rocco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan Pacholewski was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. A collision led to Schuster getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Federico Sivieri hit a great ball. 17 minutes into the match, Carter Rocco dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jan Pacholewski, 3-0. Through an outstanding action, after 22 minutes, Jan Pacholewski successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 25th minute, Carter Rocco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Schuster fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Jan Pacholewski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carter Rocco went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anthony Alberico got free with Jan Pacholewski in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jan Pacholewski was a little too slow when Anthony Alberico got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 38th minute. The score was now 6-0. PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW's Jan Pacholewski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ettore Giusto during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ettore Giusto hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carter Rocco in the 47th minute of play forced PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW's goalkeeper Jan Pacholewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Carter Rocco made a kick off. Jan Pacholewski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Carter Rocco's shot from short distance in the 51st minute. When Schuster's Carter Rocco in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW's goalie prevented a goal. After having played for 54 minutes, Antonio Ceccarelli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Schuster's supporters crossed their fingers, but Antonio Ceccarelli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 55thth minute of the game Alex Di Nunzio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW's Jan Pacholewski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jan Pacholewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anthony Alberico, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Jan Pacholewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carter Rocco in the 60th minute of play. The Schuster fans' excitement grew in the 61st match minute when Schuster's Carter Rocco looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 8-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Schuster made a substitution. Camillo Travaglini replaced Anthony Alberico. The throw-in from Alex Miccoli in the 68th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW's Jaroslaw Mochadlo. Federico Sivieri made in the 75th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW's Czeslaw Dziedziak. 76 minutes into the game, Schuster's Carter Rocco nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jan Pacholewski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 9-0. Jan Pacholewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carter Rocco in the 80th minute of the match. In the 81st minute Schuster were awarded a corner. Alex Di Nunzio went to the cornerflag to take it. Jan Pacholewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmondo Stella, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Carter Rocco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 86th minute Antonio Ceccarelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Pacholewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW's goal looked a bit too open when Carter Rocco came free, but Jan Pacholewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmondo Stella in the 89th minute of play forced PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW's goalkeeper Jan Pacholewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Di Nunzio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jan Pacholewski having to interfere. A collision led to PŁOMIEŃ CHMIELÓW getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Lucjan Lisewski hit a great ball. After 95 minutes of play, Schuster's Camillo Travaglini made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jan Pacholewski was left in no man's land by his defense there! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Schuster had played much better football throughout.