U23 World League

Relvado Arena
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The crowd rose to their feet as Facopo FBPA's Duda Favoretto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Marek Gdowik. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. In the 5th minute the ball was on its way in behind ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Marek Gdowik, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Duda Favoretto in the 9th minute of play forced ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Marek Gdowik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pedro Luís Vargas got free with Marek Gdowik in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Marek Gdowik got control of the ball when Pedro Luís Vargas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pedro Luís Vargas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Marek Gdowik made a huge save. Facopo FBPA's João Paulo de Sena got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 34th match minute, Facopo FBPA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Flávio Carioca to maneuver through the defense. In the 36th match minute, Facopo FBPA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Duda Favoretto to maneuver through the defense. After 38 played minutes, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Bogdan Zagrobelny shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Enio Trigo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź reached it. With a little luck, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Marek Gdowik got control of the ball when João Paulo de Sena tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Vitório Bueno came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Facopo FBPA 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 Vitório Bueno couldn't finish the play. 47 minutes into the game, Dominik Karanowski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Facopo FBPA the free kick. After 47 played minutes ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź got a freekick which was hit by Dominik Karanowski. Marek Gdowik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Leal, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when João Paulo de Sena stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hieronim Trochowski kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. After having played for 54 minutes, Abel Leal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Facopo FBPA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abel Leal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Flávio Carioca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. João Paulo de Sena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. João Paulo de Sena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marek Gdowik having to interfere. In the 83rd minute, Pedro Luís Vargas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Facopo FBPA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. If Pedro Luís Vargas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Luís Vargas in the 89th minute of play forced ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Marek Gdowik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marek Gdowik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Luís Vargas, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Marek Gdowik stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Duda Favoretto's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. Jurand Wojtkiewicz kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's zone, Duda Favoretto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marek Gdowik came out of the goal and Duda Favoretto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Facopo FBPA were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź for a fine match.