U23 World League

Autolycus Arena
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Victor Hess kicked off to start the match. Reyes Ritter scored 0-2 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stefan Awizo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 11 minutes into the game, Reyes Ritter cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Stefan Awizo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Stefan Awizo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Hess in the 14th minute of play. After 17 minutes of play, Santos FC's Victor Hess made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stefan Awizo was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 27th match minute, FC Autolycus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mikolaj Motyl to maneuver through the defense. 28 minutes into the match, Giuseppe Jewell had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stefan Awizo. FC Autolycus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Giuseppe Jewell was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Stefan Awizo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor Hess's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. Stefan Awizo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Hess in the 32nd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Victor Hess put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Stefan Awizo. Victor Hess recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 38 played minutes FC Autolycus got a freekick which was hit by Karol Gdowski. Stefan Awizo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Hess, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Mieszko Skarpiak kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-6 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Czeslaw Skarpiak to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reyes Ritter in the 56th minute of play forced FC Autolycus's goalkeeper Stefan Awizo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stefan Awizo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Victor Hess showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-7 in the 57 minute of play. Juliusz Dziura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jim Mitchell having to interfere. Reyes Ritter received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Stefan Awizo came out and tried to block the shot, but Reyes Ritter slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 65th minute. 68 minutes into the match, FC Autolycus's goal looked a bit too open when Giuseppe Jewell came free, but Stefan Awizo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, Santos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Czeslaw Skarpiak came free, but Jim Mitchell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Santos FC's goalie and right to Wasyl Karaszkiewicz. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Santos FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Thanh Darden's late challenge caught a FC Autolycus's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Thanh Darden helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Santos FC getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Thanh Darden hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Waclaw Zurawski managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Autolycus's supporters rose to their feet, but Waclaw Zurawski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jim Mitchell breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Giuseppe Jewell took a quick shot and it went in 0-9 without a chance for Stefan Awizo to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jimmy Coulter in the 84th minute of play forced FC Autolycus's goalkeeper Stefan Awizo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victor Hess blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stefan Awizo having to make a save. Stefan Awizo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victor Hess in the 86th minute. 87 minutes into the match, FC Autolycus's goalkeeper Stefan Awizo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Giuseppe Jewell. Stefan Awizo was a little too slow when Reyes Ritter got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 89th minute. The score was now 0-10. With his leg Stefan Awizo managed to avoid a goal in the 92ndth minute, when Santos FC's Victor Hess fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Stefan Awizo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giuseppe Jewell in the 93rd minute of the match. The FC Autolycus fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Santos FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.