U21 World League

Chotów
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Demetrio Borrelli started the match with the kick off. In the 7thth minute of the game Demetrio Borrelli who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chotów SSA's Konrad Filipkowski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Chotów SSA's Beniamin Dembowski got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 9 minutes of play, Chotów SSA's Ksawery Robak made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fortunato Proia was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 12 played minutes Chotów SSA got a freekick which was hit by Kazimierz Grabski. Ksawery Robak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Fortunato Proia made a huge save. Chotów SSA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ksawery Robak in the 18th minute. Chotów SSA's Ksawery Robak was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fortunato Proia in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Fortunato Proia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Korneliusz Rode in the 21st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Chotów SSA's Ksawery Robak slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fortunato Proia. That made the score 2-0 after 24 minutes of play. Fortunato Proia made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Ksawery Robak sent off a good shot on target. Ennio Grasso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Donato Di Renzo during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Donato Di Renzo hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ksawery Robak stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, Chotów SSA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Beniamin Dembowski to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Korneliusz Rode managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chotów SSA's supporters rose to their feet, but Korneliusz Rode was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fortunato Proia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Ksawery Robak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fortunato Proia was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Konrad Filipkowski made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Demetrio Borrelli sent off a good shot on target. Zdzislaw Bartocha hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Donato Di Renzo was shown his second yellow card after 75 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Donato Di Renzo kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Demetrio Borrelli in the 79th minute of play forced Chotów SSA's goalkeeper Konrad Filipkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Chotów SSA's Ksawery Robak in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cesate's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Demetrio Borrelli took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Konrad Filipkowski to make any attempt to save it. Fortunato Proia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Korneliusz Rode's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. Fortunato Proia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ksawery Robak in the 93rd minute of the match. Chotów SSA's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.