U21 World League

Diamond Parck
Spectators: 8458 (Terracing: 6344, Seating: 1945, VIP seats: 169) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bogdan Bogdanović took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 played minutes Lex Academy got a freekick which was hit by Josef Znamenáček. After 4 played minutes Lex Academy got a freekick which was hit by Tomáš Šobr. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anuhrada Sandhar in the 5th minute of play forced Lex Academy's goalkeeper Jiří Babák to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6th minute, Club 23's Bogdan Bogdanović dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. With a little luck, Lex Academy's Jiří Babák got control of the ball when Augustin Tudoran tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bogdan Bogdanović received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jiří Babák came out and tried to block the shot, but Bogdan Bogdanović slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 11th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Xie Chao Yang during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 20 played minutes, Club 23's Ferdinand Voicu shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jiří Babák came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Club 23 reached it. If Konrád Ryšavý had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lex Academy's Jiří Babák proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Lex Academy from getting a goal against them. 30 minutes into the match, Lex Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Tatu came free, but Jiří Babák reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marin Ciulei got free with Jiří Babák in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ferdinand Voicu during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 46th minute of the game Ferdinand Voicu made a throw-in which Bogdan Bogdanović played forward. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Lex Academy's Konrád Ryšavý got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 53rd match minute, Club 23 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mirel Rădoi to maneuver through the defense. In the 55th minute, Konrád Ryšavý ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nistor Porumbescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Columbo Columbo charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Columbo Columbo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Columbo Columbo kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Jiří Babák took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bogdan Bogdanović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bogdan Bogdanović scored 3-1 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jiří Babák, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jiří Babák showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogdan Bogdanović, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 69th minute, Josef Znamenáček hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Club 23's Bogdan Bogdanović got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Lex Academy getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Josef Znamenáček hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Bogdan Bogdanović's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jiří Babák was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Columbo Columbo in the 80th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Club 23's Mirel Rădoi. Jiří Babák made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bogdan Bogdanović in the 80th minute of play. In the 88th minute Bogdan Bogdanović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiří Babák saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Lex Academy booed when Club 23 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Tatu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Club 23's Nistor Porumbescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Club 23 from getting a goal against them. There was no doubt that Club 23 were the better team. Club 23's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.