World League

KS MIRA Łódz
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Esteve Hodei took the kick off in the first half of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Esteve Hodei in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mateo Phelipe prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 10th match minute, MIRA -ŁÓDZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cezary Jajecznica to maneuver through the defense. Esteve Hodei took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mateo Phelipe. Mateo Phelipe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. With a little luck, AFC - Curitiba's Duarte Mendes got control of the ball when Cezary Jajecznica tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 20 played minutes MIRA -ŁÓDZ got a freekick which was hit by Aleksander Klewinski. Duarte Mendes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boleslaw Zawadzki in the 23rd minute of the match. Damazy Chazen kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Mateo Phelipe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Bykowski in the 28th minute of the match. Mateo Phelipe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Esteve Hodei, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. MIRA -ŁÓDZ's Mateo Phelipe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esteve Hodei in the 37th minute of play. In the 38th minute, Jan Bykowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Duarte Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damazy Chazen in the 40th minute of play. AFC - Curitiba's Duarte Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damazy Chazen in the 40th minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Esteve Hodei had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mateo Phelipe. MIRA -ŁÓDZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Esteve Hodei was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The audience was convinced that Esteve Hodei's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mateo Phelipe was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

A collision led to AFC - Curitiba getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Esteve Hodei hit a great ball. A collision led to MIRA -ŁÓDZ getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Cezary Jajecznica hit a great ball. In the 60th minute Boleslaw Zawadzki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duarte Mendes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jan Bykowski had several of the MIRA -ŁÓDZ's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 64 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-3 score and a disappointed Mateo Phelipe as he didn't even see the shot coming. 69 minutes into the match, MIRA -ŁÓDZ's goal looked a bit too open when Matouš Carda came free, but Mateo Phelipe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esteve Hodei in the 72nd minute of play forced MIRA -ŁÓDZ's goalkeeper Mateo Phelipe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 79th minute Boleslaw Zawadzki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duarte Mendes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ferdinand Aanuţei hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. After 83 played minutes AFC - Curitiba got a freekick which was hit by Wanderson Oliveira. Mateo Phelipe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matouš Carda in the 87th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matouš Carda in the 87th minute of play forced MIRA -ŁÓDZ's goalkeeper Mateo Phelipe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Mateo Phelipe managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when AFC - Curitiba's Jan Bykowski fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Mateo Phelipe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joseba Roa in the 90th minute of the match. 0-4 became the score in the 94th minute when Jan Bykowski elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. AFC - Curitiba's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.