U21 World League

ETI Arena
Spectators: 7947 (Terracing: 5961, Seating: 1828, VIP seats: 158) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ian Abreu started the match with the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Franciszek Nuszkowski in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aloísio Vargas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 7 minutes of play, NieETIkalni Lebork's Franciszek Nuszkowski made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aloísio Vargas was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, NieETIkalni Lebork's Lech Kon got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 11th minute, Gerardo Ibar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Vicente Chaves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Zdzislaw Czermak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zdzislaw Czermak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fábio Garcia in the 24th minute of the match. NieETIkalni Lebork's Zdzislaw Czermak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Naldo Guedes in the 31st minute of play. 34 minutes into the game, Stefan Czajkowski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. NieETIkalni Lebork's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cruzeiro Esporte Clube the free kick. The supporters of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube booed when NieETIkalni Lebork was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stefan Czajkowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zdzislaw Czermak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ian Abreu in the 38th minute of the match. NieETIkalni Lebork's Zdzislaw Czermak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ian Abreu in the 38th minute of play. Barnaba Madajczyk hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Gerardo Ibar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aloísio Vargas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Franciszek Nuszkowski in the 43rd minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube made a substitution. Perivaldo Valle replaced Ian Abreu. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stefan Czajkowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tarcisio Goiano charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tarcisio Goiano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Aloísio Vargas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franciszek Nuszkowski in the 56th minute of play. The supporters of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube booed when NieETIkalni Lebork was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucjan Awizo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zdzislaw Czermak was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Perivaldo Valle showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 58 minute of play. Zdzislaw Czermak was a little too slow when Vicente Chaves got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 61st minute. The score was now 1-2. After 69 played minutes NieETIkalni Lebork got a freekick which was hit by Barnaba Madajczyk. After 70 played minutes, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Dagoberto Vieira shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Zdzislaw Czermak 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 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube reached it. Franciszek Nuszkowski hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 78th minute, Gerardo Ibar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After some careless play in the NieETIkalni Lebork defense, Gerardo Ibar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zdzislaw Czermak. The NieETIkalni Lebork fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zdzislaw Czermak should have stopped the shot. 86 minutes into the match, Franciszek Nuszkowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aloísio Vargas. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Franciszek Nuszkowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. A collision led to Cruzeiro Esporte Clube getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Dagoberto Vieira hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Janusz Kanczuszewski managed to get in a good position for a shot. NieETIkalni Lebork's supporters rose to their feet, but Janusz Kanczuszewski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aloísio Vargas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Barnaba Madajczyk kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match.