U23 World League

Marakana
Spectators: 8418 (Terracing: 6314, Seating: 1936, VIP seats: 168) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ezequiel Blasi took the kick off in the first half of the match. Michal Gniech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcell Pécsi in the 2nd minute of play. Marcell Pécsi took the ball and in the 5 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Michal Gniech. Michal Gniech dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Marcell Pécsi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Michal Gniech read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. Marcell Pécsi might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Michal Gniech. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marcell Pécsi ran back to his position shaking his head. 10 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goal looked a bit too open when Marcell Pécsi came free, but Michal Gniech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute Marcell Pécsi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michal Gniech saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Quebrachitos FC's Marcell Pécsi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Michal Gniech narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 15th minute of the match Quebrachitos FC got a corner. Chelmza Team's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tadeu Pombal ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Chelmza Team's goalie and right to Kevin Durant. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Chelmza Team's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 16 minutes into the game, Antoni Pawlik was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Chelmza Team's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Quebrachitos FC the free kick. A collision led to Chelmza Team getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Antoni Pawlik hit a great ball. The throw-in from Maciej Czerniejewski in the 20th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Quebrachitos FC's Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Michal Gniech having to make a save. A collision led to Chelmza Team getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Miromir Dec hit a great ball. Michal Gniech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcell Pécsi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goal looked a bit too open when Marcell Pécsi came free, but Michal Gniech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Marcell Pécsi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Michal Gniech came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Quebrachitos FC's Marcell Pécsi. But to his dismay, Marcell Pécsi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Marcell Pécsi scored 0-3 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Michal Gniech, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Chelmza Team getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Maciej Czerniejewski hit a great ball. Michal Gniech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeremias Librado in the 47th minute of play. The Chelmza Team players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Quebrachitos FC were winning 0-3.

Michal Gniech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcell Pécsi in the 52nd minute of play. With a little luck, Chelmza Team's Michal Gniech got control of the ball when Ezequiel Blasi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Quebrachitos FC were awarded a corner in the 55th minute after Chelmza Team's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jaxson Hayes took the corner. The corner led Quebrachitos FC's Marcell Pécsi to fire away a dangerous shot which Michal Gniech despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Michal Gniech made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jeremias Librado in the 56th minute. Michal Gniech made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ezequiel Blasi in the 57th minute. When Maciej Czerniejewski fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Chelmza Team's protests and gave Maciej Czerniejewski a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Quebrachitos FC booed when Chelmza Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maciej Czerniejewski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 60 played minutes Quebrachitos FC got a freekick which was hit by Jeremias Librado. Quebrachitos FC's Kevin Durant quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Maciej Czerniejewski, made in the 64th minute of the game. Marcell Pécsi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Michal Gniech made a huge save. Michal Gniech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcell Pécsi in the 66th minute of play. With a little luck, Chelmza Team's Michal Gniech got control of the ball when Ezequiel Blasi tried to sneak it across the goal line. 68 minutes into the game, Miromir Dec was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Chelmza Team's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Quebrachitos FC the free kick. Miromir Dec hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Quebrachitos FC's Armando Urtzi was substituted for Jeremias Librado. In the 69th match minute, Chelmza Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miromir Dec to maneuver through the defense. Chelmza Team's Michal Gniech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcell Pécsi in the 70th minute of play. Marcell Pécsi took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Michal Gniech. Michal Gniech dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Ezequiel Blasi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michal Gniech having to interfere. 82 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goal looked a bit too open when Marcell Pécsi came free, but Michal Gniech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcell Pécsi scored 0-5 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Michal Gniech, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ezequiel Blasi took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Michal Gniech. Michal Gniech dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. Michal Gniech didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcell Pécsi went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Michal Gniech was out of position in the 95 minute of play, and Kevin Durant capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Kevin Durant really showed his touch with that goal: 0-8. Quebrachitos FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.