U23 World League

Tafos Indou Arena
Spectators: 8392 (Terracing: 6296, Seating: 1930, VIP seats: 166) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stratos Savouras got the match started through his kick off. Stathis Notopoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Michal Gniech made a huge save. In the 10th match minute, Bazellatin F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonis Kalathakis to maneuver through the defense. 18 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goal looked a bit too open when Lambis Tournas came free, but Michal Gniech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Bazellatin F.C.'s Thymios Kominidis got a free kick in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute, Barnaba Jaraczeski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chelmza Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Michal Gniech made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Stratos Savouras sent off a good shot on target. After 29 played minutes Chelmza Team got a freekick which was hit by Bogumil Bendyk. Stratos Savouras fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michal Gniech having to interfere. Stratos Savouras could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Michal Gniech made a huge save. When Stathis Notopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Bazellatin F.C. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Stathis Notopoulos couldn't finish the play. 34 minutes into the match, Stratos Savouras had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Michal Gniech. Chelmza Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stratos Savouras was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Chelmza Team's Michal Gniech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stratos Savouras in the 37th minute of play. Filip Kanczuszewski hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Michal Gniech made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stathis Notopoulos in the 41st minute. Stratos Savouras did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-2 to the left of a surprised Michal Gniech 41 minutes into the match. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Chelmza Team's Michal Gniech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stathis Notopoulos in the 51st minute of play. Michal Gniech didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lambis Tournas went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. In the 60th minute Lambis Tournas 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. Stratos Savouras took the ball and in the 62 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 4-2. Lambis Tournas'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 65th minute of play. Chelmza Team's Michal Gniech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stathis Notopoulos in the 67th minute of play. Chelmza Team's Michal Gniech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stathis Notopoulos in the 69th minute of play. Michal Gniech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stathis Notopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Stathis Notopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michal Gniech having to interfere. Stathis Notopoulos took the ball and in the 85 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 6-2. Michal Gniech showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stratos Savouras in the 89th minute of the match. The supporters of Bazellatin F.C. booed when Chelmza Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Waclaw Zawadzki didn't get a good kick on the ball. Charalambos Anastasakos kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Theofanis Dilberis was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Bogumil Bendyk.