U23 World League

Estadio Dragao
Spectators: 8457 (Terracing: 6344, Seating: 1944, VIP seats: 169) ABK Black Warriors73's Kaplan Damjanović started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind ABK Black Warriors73's goalkeeper Waldir Gaúcho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 12th minute, Radowit Kalak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind ABK Black Warriors73's goalkeeper Waldir Gaúcho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Virgil Șeicaru in the 22nd minute of play forced ★C.I.A.sna★16's goalkeeper Aleksander Birkenhagen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute, Kaplan Damjanović ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aleksander Birkenhagen was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Dan Găină's late challenge caught a ★C.I.A.sna★16's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dan Găină helped the player get up and apologised. In the 33rd minute Virgil Șeicaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksander Birkenhagen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Boruc Wietrzychowski got free with Waldir Gaúcho in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Boruc Wietrzychowski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Waldir Gaúcho made a huge save. ABK Black Warriors73's Victor Rădescu quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Szymon Wawak, made in the 44th minute of the game. Aleksander Birkenhagen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Virgil Șeicaru in the 48th minute of the match. ★C.I.A.sna★16's Aleksander Birkenhagen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Virgil Șeicaru in the 48th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Boruc Wietrzychowski to strike the kick off in the second half. Waldir Gaúcho stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Åke Pil's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. The audience was convinced that Åke Pil's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Waldir Gaúcho was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Åke Pil struck a weak shot in the 57th minute. Waldir Gaúcho didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ★C.I.A.sna★16. In the 61st minute of the match ★C.I.A.sna★16 got a corner. ABK Black Warriors73's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jiang Yun De ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Åke Pil almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ABK Black Warriors73's Waldir Gaúcho did a great save. After a rather tough play, ★C.I.A.sna★16's Jiang Yun De got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Åke Pil in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Waldir Gaúcho prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Boruc Wietrzychowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Åke Pil in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Waldir Gaúcho prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Aleksander Birkenhagen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Denver Koch in the 70th minute. The supporters of ★C.I.A.sna★16 booed when ABK Black Warriors73 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilhelm Martinsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jiang Yun De took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 72nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Waldir Gaúcho. ABK Black Warriors73's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. ABK Black Warriors73's Waldir Gaúcho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Boruc Wietrzychowski in the 76th minute of play. Victor Rădescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksander Birkenhagen having to interfere. ABK Black Warriors73's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Victor Rădescu in the 83rd minute. During the 84th minute of the match Dan Găină completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Dan Găină a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Dan Găină kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Åke Pil in the 88th minute of play forced ABK Black Warriors73's goalkeeper Waldir Gaúcho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ★C.I.A.sna★16 made a substitution. Wladyslaw Debkowski replaced Boruc Wietrzychowski. Virgil Doinaș charged in rather forcefully in the 92nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Virgil Doinaș the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, ABK Black Warriors73's Virgil Doinaș got a free kick in the 92nd minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 93 minutes into the game, when Călin Arnăutu put in a rough tackle. Waldir Gaúcho had in the 95thth minute some difficulties stopping Jiang Yun De's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 96th minute, Victor Rădescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Denver Koch made in the 97th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Gavril Bîndean immediately put the ball in play. For all the effort they put into the match, the ABK Black Warriors73 players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for ★C.I.A.sna★16.