U23 World League

WASIK ARENA
Spectators: 7684 (Terracing: 5764, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) FC Lions Levice's Pedro Ochoa 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. Franciszek Czekaj blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ezequiel Seber having to make a save. A collision led to FC Lions Levice getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Gabriel Gedeon hit a great ball. FC Lions Levice's Ezequiel Seber proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save FC Lions Levice from getting a goal against them. In the 17th minute of the match, Czeslaw Wykowski got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ezequiel Seber was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 21 minutes into the match, FC Lions Levice's goal looked a bit too open when Franciszek Czekaj came free, but Ezequiel Seber reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ezequiel Seber showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zachary Modrzewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Igor Mirowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Ezequiel Seber tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. LKS Wasik Lidzbark's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Antoni Naskrent in the 38th minute. In the 44th minute Daniel Tischler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ziemowit Lipinski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Lions Levice's Pavol Hospodár got a free kick in the 45th minute. Antoni Naskrent took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 46th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ezequiel Seber. FC Lions Levice's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to FC Lions Levice getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Pavol Hospodár hit a great ball.

The wind increased when Patryk Lizewski made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, FC Lions Levice's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Mirowski came free, but Ezequiel Seber reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55th minute Patryk Lizewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ezequiel Seber saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ezequiel Seber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zachary Modrzewski in the 57th minute of play. After 59 minutes FC Lions Levice's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antoni Naskrent who took care of the corner kick. The corner led LKS Wasik Lidzbark's Ludomil Zyskowski to fire away a dangerous shot which Ezequiel Seber despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 62 minutes into the match, LKS Wasik Lidzbark's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Ochoa came free, but Ziemowit Lipinski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When František Cangár fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Lions Levice's protests and gave František Cangár a yellow card for diving instead. František Cangár hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. After 77 played minutes, LKS Wasik Lidzbark's Feliks Zaremba shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ezequiel Seber came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in LKS Wasik Lidzbark reached it. LKS Wasik Lidzbark's Ziemowit Lipinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Ochoa in the 82nd minute of play. Gabriel Gedeon's late challenge caught a LKS Wasik Lidzbark's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gabriel Gedeon helped the player get up and apologised. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.