U23 World League

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 7493 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) A collision led to Sparta LKS getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Konstanty Kaczanek hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Sparta LKS defense, Amancio Abancens kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sylwester Bojanowski. The Sparta LKS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sylwester Bojanowski should have stopped the shot. Sylwester Bojanowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvestre Ekialde, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sylwester Bojanowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Vargas in the 16th minute of play. Sylwester Bojanowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amancio Abancens in the 21st minute of play. After 23 played minutes Sparta LKS got a freekick which was hit by Isaias Rojas. A collision led to La Candela FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Tiburcio Bonadona hit a great ball. 27 minutes into the match, Sparta LKS's goal looked a bit too open when Amancio Abancens came free, but Sylwester Bojanowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amancio Abancens in the 29th minute of play forced Sparta LKS's goalkeeper Sylwester Bojanowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sylwester Bojanowski came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by La Candela FC's Silvestre Ekialde. But to his dismay, Silvestre Ekialde quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Amancio Abancens scored 0-3 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sylwester Bojanowski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Amancio Abancens's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sylwester Bojanowski was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Wladyslaw Kajdasz made a kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Wladyslaw Kajdasz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sparta LKS's supporters rose to their feet, but Wladyslaw Kajdasz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benigno Guillem breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Amancio Abancens received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Sylwester Bojanowski came out and tried to block the shot, but Amancio Abancens slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 59th minute. Silvestre Ekialde fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sylwester Bojanowski having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Amancio Abancens took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Sylwester Bojanowski to make any attempt to save it. La Candela FC's Joaquin Domenec was substituted for Amadeo Fliz. 69 minutes into the game, Amancio Abancens recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Sylwester Bojanowski. Amancio Abancens showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6. If Tiburcio Bonadona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 74 minutes into the match, Sparta LKS's goalkeeper Sylwester Bojanowski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Silvestre Ekialde. Sylwester Bojanowski made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Silvestre Ekialde sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to La Candela FC getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Bartolo Estebe hit a great ball. Sylwester Bojanowski didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 83rd minute, which inside left pole to 0-7. When Generoso Gaskon came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the La Candela FC 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 Generoso Gaskon couldn't finish the play. Wladyslaw Kajdasz might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benigno Guillem. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Wladyslaw Kajdasz ran back to his position shaking his head. La Candela FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.