U23 World League

Kosmostumostów
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aleksander Gamza started the match with the kick off. Roman Rekawiczka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonard Chirculescu in the 4th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Witomir Czempa in the 7th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Paralia Athens's Luca Tomozei. The audience was convinced that Leonard Chirculescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roman Rekawiczka was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Miastostumostuf™'s Witomir Kocieniewski got a free kick in the 9th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Leonard Chirculescu notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Miastostumostuf™'s Roman Rekawiczka. Roman Rekawiczka was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leonard Chirculescu in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Roman Rekawiczka saved Miastostumostuf™ from getting behind. Leonard Chirculescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Roman Rekawiczka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Witomir Czempa made in the 20th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Paralia Athens's Luca Tomozei. After having played for 27 minutes, Leonard Chirculescu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Paralia Athens's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leonard Chirculescu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Paralia Athens's Tudor Manolescu got a free kick in the 29th minute. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Leonard Chirculescu put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Roman Rekawiczka. Witomir Czempa hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Leonard Chirculescu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Paralia Athens getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Luca Tomozei hit a great ball. After 44th play minutes Leonard Chirculescu shot 0-3, a short shot which went by Roman Rekawiczka and just under the crossbar into goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The wind increased when Leonard Chirculescu made the kick off in the second half. Paralia Athens's Doru Apostu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aleksander Gamza in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Brama in the 57th minute of play forced Paralia Athens's goalkeeper Doru Apostu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonard Chirculescu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 63 minutes of play, Paralia Athens's Leonard Chirculescu made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roman Rekawiczka was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 70th minute, Leonard Chirculescu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roman Rekawiczka was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. After a rather tough play, Paralia Athens's Leonard Chirculescu got a free kick in the 73rd minute. 81 minutes into the match, Leonard Chirculescu notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Miastostumostuf™'s Roman Rekawiczka. Roman Rekawiczka was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Miastostumostuf™'s Roman Rekawiczka proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Miastostumostuf™ from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Paralia Athens's Unai Herrera got a free kick in the 86th minute. After 93 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Miastostumostuf™! Roman Rekawiczka had in the 96thth minute some difficulties stopping Teodor Romeo's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Teodor Romeo in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Roman Rekawiczka prevented the ball from getting in the gole.