World League

Stamford Bridge
Spectators: 7972 (Terracing: 5980, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) Chelsea Football Club's Raimundo Rexino got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pogoń Szczecin's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Conrado Donzel in the 10th minute. A collision led to Pogoń Szczecin getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Stefanos Stefanopoulos hit a great ball. When Stefanos Stefanopoulos got the opportunity to take care of a free kick it resulted in a really dangerous shot that almost went in the goal. Instead the ball went too high, a missed opportunity for Pogoń Szczecin. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Rafal Jakubiak put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Sebastião Xoxe. When Pogoń Szczecin's Norbert Major in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Chelsea Football Club's goalie prevented a goal. Pogoń Szczecin's Sebastião Xoxe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Pogoń Szczecin from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Chelsea Football Club getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Rafal Jakubiak hit a great ball. Firme Verga's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Sebastião Xoxe firmly grabbed it by the left post. Firme Verga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Sebastião Xoxe made a huge save. Stefanos Stefanopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rafal Jakubiak was the one to do the kick off. Darko Pančev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leszek Wielopolski having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Pogoń Szczecin's Darko Pančev got a free kick in the 56th minute. Sebastião Xoxe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Firme Verga in the 58th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Firme Verga in the 63rd minute of play forced Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper Sebastião Xoxe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute Norbert Major shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leszek Wielopolski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pogoń Szczecin's Dariusz Harbaszewski was substituted for Jurand Debowski. Chelsea Football Club made a substitution. Uriel Gorri replaced Benedicto Havier. Chelsea Football Club made a substitution. Silvestre Porfiro replaced Rafal Jakubiak. Pogoń Szczecin's Chadli Boudjedra was substituted for Conrado Donzel. Pogoń Szczecin's Stefanos Stefanopoulos managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Keanu Reeves in the 69 minute of the game. Darko Pančev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Leszek Wielopolski made a huge save. Sebastião Xoxe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvestre Porfiro in the 71st minute of play. Chelsea Football Club's Leszek Wielopolski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norbert Major in the 73rd minute of play. Leszek Wielopolski made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Darko Pančev sent off a good shot on target. Sebastião Xoxe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvestre Porfiro in the 76th minute of the match. Leszek Wielopolski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chadli Boudjedra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chelsea Football Club's Leszek Wielopolski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chadli Boudjedra in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Blas Guzman in the 84th minute of play forced Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper Sebastião Xoxe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anselmo Doris kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Sebastião Xoxe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvestre Porfiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pogoń Szczecin's Sebastião Xoxe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silvestre Porfiro in the 91st minute of play. In the 93rd minute Silvestre Porfiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastião Xoxe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chadli Boudjedra in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Leszek Wielopolski saved Chelsea Football Club from getting behind. Ruy Toledo charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ruy Toledo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 97 played minutes Chelsea Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Ruy Toledo. In the 97th minute of the match Stefanos Stefanopoulos sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Leszek Wielopolski skillfully saved the ball. Pogoń Szczecin's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.