U23 World League

Allianz Gliwice
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Club Deportivo Santiago's Arturo Montiel started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 3 minutes of play, Club Deportivo Santiago's Arturo Montiel made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edmund Solak was left in no man's land by his defense there! Arturo Montiel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Edmund Solak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 7 minutes into the match, Zuberoa Mesia notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of GKS Milenium's Edmund Solak. Edmund Solak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ksawery Kaszubowski in the 10th minute of play forced Club Deportivo Santiago's goalkeeper Santino Mora to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Zuberoa Mesia managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club Deportivo Santiago's supporters rose to their feet, but Zuberoa Mesia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edmund Solak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Edmund Solak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arturo Montiel went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Zuberoa Mesia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edmund Solak was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Evelio Terres recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 30 minutes into the match, GKS Milenium's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Loarte came free, but Edmund Solak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Santino Mora made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Maziarz in the 34th minute of play. Zuberoa Mesia scored 0-6 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edmund Solak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 39 played minutes Club Deportivo Santiago got a freekick which was hit by Zeru Mendana. Edmund Solak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zuberoa Mesia in the 45th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ryszard Rutkowski to make the kick off. Club Deportivo Santiago's Santino Mora played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ksawery Kaszubowski in the 60th minute of play. After 60 played minutes Club Deportivo Santiago got a freekick which was hit by Zeru Mendana. Santino Mora took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrzej Gozdowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arturo Montiel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sotomayor Mesia kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, GKS Milenium's goalkeeper Edmund Solak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arturo Montiel. Arturo Montiel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Edmund Solak made a huge save. Edmund Solak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zuberoa Mesia in the 93rd minute of the match. After 94 played minutes GKS Milenium got a freekick which was hit by Boguslaw Jastrowicz. Club Deportivo Santiago's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.