U23 World League

San Pablo de Occo
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Benvide Cercalde took the kick off in the first half of the match. 2kC Poznań's Eugeniusz Wachna proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save 2kC Poznań from getting a goal against them. The supporters of 2kC Poznań booed when RAMBO FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Itzaina Lecubarri didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, 2kC Poznań's Czeslaw Hoffman got a free kick in the 12th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Benvide Cercalde in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eugeniusz Wachna prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tymoteusz Harendarski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucjan Sokol in the 19th minute of play. After 22 played minutes RAMBO FC got a freekick which was hit by Tiburcio Tancredo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Franciszek Kostrzewa in the 27th minute of play forced RAMBO FC's goalkeeper Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benvide Cercalde in the 30th minute of play forced 2kC Poznań's goalkeeper Eugeniusz Wachna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 32 played minutes 2kC Poznań got a freekick which was hit by Arkadiusz Rydzewski. With 37 minutes on the clock, Czeslaw Hoffman commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 37 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for 2kC Poznań! 2kC Poznań:s Eugeniusz Wachna showed great skill when he stopped Iraunkor Reimundez:s penalty. Eugeniusz Wachna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benvide Cercalde in the 43rd minute of the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lucjan Sokol stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lucas Rico charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lucas Rico the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to RAMBO FC getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Lucas Rico hit a great ball. Eugeniusz Wachna came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by RAMBO FC's Benvide Cercalde. But to his dismay, Benvide Cercalde quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. The supporters of RAMBO FC booed when 2kC Poznań was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jakub Dziura didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joey Guezmes hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 63rd minute Benvide Cercalde shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugeniusz Wachna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th minute, Jakub Dziura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to RAMBO FC getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Romano Ortiz hit a great ball. In the 77th minute Benvide Cercalde shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugeniusz Wachna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lucas Rico fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eugeniusz Wachna having to interfere. Benvide Cercalde kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucjan Sokol in the 86th minute of play. Tymoteusz Harendarski charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tymoteusz Harendarski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 90th match minute, 2kC Poznań was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franciszek Kostrzewa to maneuver through the defense. RAMBO FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.