U23 World League

Hamikovo
Spectators: 7728 (Terracing: 5797, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pedro Ochoa started the match with the kick off. František Cangár's late challenge caught a FC Torpedo Dabrowa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. František Cangár helped the player get up and apologised. After 7 played minutes FC Lions Levice got a freekick which was hit by František Cangár. After 8 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for FC Lions Levice! FC Lions Levice:s Li Wei Nan showed great skill when he stopped Lucjan Rekawiczka:s penalty. Pavol Heršic hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. An unexpected shot in the 21st minute by František Cangár got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Zbyszko Wierzchowski kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ignacy Bugno in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Li Wei Nan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Czeslaw Cichewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Gedeon in the 26th minute of play. If František Cangár had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Czeslaw Cichewski managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when FC Lions Levice's Daniel Tischler fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Li Wei Nan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucjan Rekawiczka in the 34th minute of the match. Li Wei Nan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lucjan Rekawiczka's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ignacy Bugno made a kick off. In the 57th minute, Boruc Gruchacz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The corner led FC Torpedo Dabrowa's Hugon Korytkowski to fire away a dangerous shot which Li Wei Nan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 63 minutes into the match, FC Lions Levice's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacy Bugno came free, but Li Wei Nan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of FC Torpedo Dabrowa booed when FC Lions Levice was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emil Marenčin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Czeslaw Cichewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from František Cangár in the 66th minute of play. Czeslaw Cichewski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from František Cangár went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Li Wei Nan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ignacy Bugno in the 69th minute. Li Wei Nan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugon Korytkowski in the 73rd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ignacy Bugno got free with Li Wei Nan in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Gedeon in the 81st minute of play forced FC Torpedo Dabrowa's goalkeeper Czeslaw Cichewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 83 minutes into the match, FC Lions Levice's goalkeeper Li Wei Nan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ignacy Bugno. Daniel Tischler struck a weak shot in the 84th minute. Czeslaw Cichewski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Lions Levice. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Tischler in the 89th minute of play forced FC Torpedo Dabrowa's goalkeeper Czeslaw Cichewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Lions Levice's František Cangár got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. FC Lions Levice's Gabriel Gedeon got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Czeslaw Cichewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Gedeon, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. FC Lions Levice had won after a very even match.