U23 World League

Phantasy Arena
Spectators: 8094 (Terracing: 6072, Seating: 1861, VIP seats: 161) Phantasy World's Dominik Olszewski 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. Jacobus Sommers hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Zdzislaw Kręcina kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Phantasy World defense, Robbin De Ruyter kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bara Bara. The Phantasy World fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bara Bara should have stopped the shot. Dominik Olszewski's late challenge caught a Zero Gravity's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dominik Olszewski helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Phantasy World's Dominik Olszewski got a free kick in the 10th minute. Daniel Pliszka hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute of the match Matías Roganov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bara Bara skillfully saved the ball. In the 14th minute, Filiberto Bernebe got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 18th minute Mikolaj Ratulowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bara Bara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Phantasy World's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Matías Roganov was slow to take the kick. During this time Zero Gravity's players had a chance to rest. Bara Bara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robbin De Ruyter in the 25th minute of play. Filip Tzenov made in the 27th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Filiberto Bernebe. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Joonatan Dejardin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zero Gravity's supporters rose to their feet, but Joonatan Dejardin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bara Bara breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Bara Bara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikolaj Ratulowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Bara Bara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robbin De Ruyter in the 32nd minute of play. After 34 minutes Phantasy World's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Matías Roganov who took care of the corner kick. In the 41st minute Rafał Siadaczka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Caetano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Zero Gravity were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Robbin De Ruyter to strike the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes Phantasy World got a freekick which was hit by Iwan Kilarski. Bara Bara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robbin De Ruyter, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. With a little luck, Phantasy World's Bara Bara got control of the ball when Mikolaj Ratulowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mikolaj Ratulowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Zero Gravity booed when Phantasy World was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iwan Kilarski didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robbin De Ruyter in the 77th minute of play forced Phantasy World's goalkeeper Bara Bara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute Mariusz Sebzda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Caetano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind Phantasy World's goalkeeper Bara Bara, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Filiberto Bernebe recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.