U21 World League

Circus Circus Arena
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alberto Firmani made the kick off which started today's match. After 5 minutes, Kazimierz Lichucki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Galaxy Team U18 and the Gonzo Style f.c players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Galaxy Team U18 getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Kazimierz Lichucki hit a great ball. Wlodzimierz Mondrowski kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Galaxy Team U18's zone, Alberto Firmani stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lucjan Gierlach came out of the goal and Alberto Firmani tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Galaxy Team U18's Fryderyk Wolicki got a free kick in the 11th minute. Augusto Vieri's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 13thth minute, Lucjan Gierlach skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. If Augusto Vieri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a defensive mix-up in Gonzo Style f.c's zone, Kazimierz Lichucki stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Federico Marsilio came out of the goal and Kazimierz Lichucki tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Galaxy Team U18's Damian Malewicki got a free kick in the 25th minute. Alberto Firmani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Lucjan Gierlach tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lucjan Gierlach made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Augusto Vieri sent off a good shot on target. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Damian Malewicki to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kazimierz Lichucki in the 52nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Federico Marsilio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Lucjan Gierlach showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Firmani in the 58th minute of the match. Gonzo Style f.c were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after Galaxy Team U18's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Davide Zisser took the corner. The corner ended in Davide Zisser almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Galaxy Team U18's Lucjan Gierlach did a great save. The audience was convinced that Damian Malewicki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Federico Marsilio was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Davide Zisser in the 67th minute of play forced Galaxy Team U18's goalkeeper Lucjan Gierlach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Federico Marsilio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kazimierz Lichucki, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Lucjan Gierlach didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Christian Pelliccioni went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. The supporters of Galaxy Team U18 booed when Gonzo Style f.c was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Davide Zisser didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Galaxy Team U18's zone, Alberto Firmani stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lucjan Gierlach came out of the goal and Alberto Firmani tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lucjan Gierlach showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augusto Vieri, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. With a little luck, Gonzo Style f.c's Federico Marsilio got control of the ball when Damian Malewicki tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Augusto Vieri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 94 minutes into the game, Davide Zisser was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gonzo Style f.c's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Galaxy Team U18 the free kick. In the 94th minute, Davide Zisser hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kazimierz Lichucki in the 95thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Federico Marsilio, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save.