U23 World League

Floriana Krygiera
Spectators: 7592 (Terracing: 5695, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Klement Plachetka got the match started through his kick off. In the 7th match minute, SANTOS FC- FDFDF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dinei Tinoco to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, SANTOS FC- FDFDF's Erivaldo Catarinense got control of the ball when Bartlomiej Wojtowicz tried to sneak it across the goal line. SANTOS FC- FDFDF's Erivaldo Catarinense proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save SANTOS FC- FDFDF from getting a goal against them. In the 16th minute, Bartlomiej Wojtowicz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Erivaldo Catarinense was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in SANTOS FC- FDFDF's zone, Bartlomiej Wojtowicz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Erivaldo Catarinense came out of the goal and Bartlomiej Wojtowicz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 24th minute Bartlomiej Wojtowicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erivaldo Catarinense saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bartlomiej Wojtowicz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Erivaldo Catarinense having to make a save. If Bartlomiej Wojtowicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Erivaldo Catarinense showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bartlomiej Wojtowicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 32 minutes into the match, SANTOS FC- FDFDF's goalkeeper Erivaldo Catarinense had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bartlomiej Wojtowicz. In the 35thth minute of the game Bartlomiej Wojtowicz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SANTOS FC- FDFDF's Erivaldo Catarinense was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nuno Moreno hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. SANTOS FC- FDFDF's Erivaldo Catarinense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bartlomiej Wojtowicz in the 37th minute of play. 39 minutes into the match, Bartlomiej Wojtowicz notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of SANTOS FC- FDFDF's Erivaldo Catarinense. Erivaldo Catarinense was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, SANTOS FC- FDFDF's Adalberto Souza got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Nuno Moreno made in the 44th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Pogoń Szczecin's Andrzej Bentkowski.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marcelinho Antunes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bartlomiej Wojtowicz in the 53rd minute of play forced SANTOS FC- FDFDF's goalkeeper Erivaldo Catarinense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, SANTOS FC- FDFDF's goal looked a bit too open when Bartlomiej Wojtowicz came free, but Erivaldo Catarinense reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adalberto Souza lost his temper 59 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in SANTOS FC- FDFDF fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 59th minute. Penalty! Andrzej Bentkowski took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Erivaldo Catarinense. Erivaldo Catarinense dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Erivaldo Catarinense made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klement Plachetka in the 64th minute of play. Erivaldo Catarinense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bartlomiej Wojtowicz in the 65th minute of the match. If Bartlomiej Wojtowicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 67th minute Bartlomiej Wojtowicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erivaldo Catarinense saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Pogoń Szczecin booed when SANTOS FC- FDFDF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nuno Moreno didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bartlomiej Wojtowicz in the 70th minute of play forced SANTOS FC- FDFDF's goalkeeper Erivaldo Catarinense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Bartlomiej Wojtowicz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erivaldo Catarinense was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bartlomiej Wojtowicz in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Erivaldo Catarinense prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Pogoń Szczecin's Bartlomiej Wojtowicz got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Erivaldo Catarinense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bartlomiej Wojtowicz in the 83rd minute of the match. Bartlomiej Wojtowicz might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Erivaldo Catarinense. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bartlomiej Wojtowicz ran back to his position shaking his head.