U23 World League

Meadow Lane
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Radoslaw Pilarski started the match with the kick off. Gianluigi Ogazon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gwidon Urban in the 7th minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Rafal Cetnar got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gianluigi Ogazon quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 10 played minutes Darkness got a freekick which was hit by Benigno Canor. Gianluigi Ogazon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Radoslaw Pilarski went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. A collision led to Darkness getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Nicolas Orland hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, A State Of Trance's Gwidon Urban got a free kick in the 17th minute. Gianluigi Ogazon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radoslaw Pilarski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 24 minutes into the match, A State Of Trance's Radoslaw Pilarski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gianluigi Ogazon narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Thanks to some nice moves Radoslaw Pilarski could shoot a difficult shot in the 26th minute, which Gianluigi Ogazon however easily saved by the left post. In the 33rdth minute of the game Radoslaw Pilarski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Darkness's Gianluigi Ogazon was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Darkness booed when A State Of Trance was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafal Cetnar didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Benigno Canor was the one to do the kick off. Darkness's Gianluigi Ogazon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radoslaw Pilarski in the 52nd minute of play. A collision led to A State Of Trance getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Konrad Nikodemski hit a great ball. Izydor Wyrostek made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Benigno Canor sent off a good shot on target. Gianluigi Ogazon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gwidon Urban in the 59th minute of the match. A collision led to A State Of Trance getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Wincent Bielecki hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, A State Of Trance's Gwidon Urban got a free kick in the 66th minute. In the 67th minute, Gwidon Urban hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Benigno Canor scored 1-2 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Izydor Wyrostek, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Izydor Wyrostek didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Darkness's Armando Macias shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-3 in the ordered_time% minute. 90 minutes into the game, Darkness's Jhon Stones nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Izydor Wyrostek made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Izydor Wyrostek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benigno Canor in the 94th minute. When the final whistle sounded Darkness left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than A State Of Trance.