U23 World League

Kleanthis Vikelidis
Spectators: 7652 (Terracing: 5741, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) Ke Feng Ang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giampaolo Pazzini, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Aris Salonicco FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Emilio Taranto in the 6th minute. A nice corner shot did that Emilio Taranto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ke Feng Ang quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Giampaolo Pazzini blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ke Feng Ang having to make a save. Olaf Sokol charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Olaf Sokol the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Olaf Sokol hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. 12 minutes into the match, Aris Salonicco FC's goal looked a bit too open when Bogdan Gdowik came free, but Felice Brandolini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Giampaolo Pazzini's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ke Feng Ang was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Ke Feng Ang made an important save on a dangerous shot by Giampaolo Pazzini in the 15th minute. Ke Feng Ang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giampaolo Pazzini, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. A collision led to Aris Salonicco FC getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Antonio Negri hit a great ball. After 22 played minutes, GORNIK PIASKI's Stefan Bierfass shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Felice Brandolini 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 GORNIK PIASKI reached it. The audience was convinced that Bogdan Gdowik's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Felice Brandolini was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Kacper Przybylo hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. GORNIK PIASKI's Ke Feng Ang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giampaolo Pazzini in the 29th minute of play. In the 33rd match minute, GORNIK PIASKI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kacper Przybylo to maneuver through the defense. Zenon Lesiecki's late challenge caught a Aris Salonicco FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zenon Lesiecki helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to GORNIK PIASKI getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Zenon Lesiecki hit a great ball. Giampaolo Pazzini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Ke Feng Ang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Giampaolo Pazzini's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 47thth minute, Ke Feng Ang skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bogdan Gdowik to strike the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Giampaolo Pazzini in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ke Feng Ang saved GORNIK PIASKI from getting behind. Antonio Negri struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Ke Feng Ang didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Aris Salonicco FC. In the 57th minute, Aris Salonicco FC's Christian Gaspari seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Christian Gaspari the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Aris Salonicco FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Christian Gaspari had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. A collision led to Aris Salonicco FC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Christian Gaspari hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Olaf Sokol kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Felice Brandolini. That made the score 0-1 in the 60 minute of play. 68 minutes into the game, Giampaolo Pazzini cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Ke Feng Ang was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Elia Di Cintio scored 2-1 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ke Feng Ang, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Giampaolo Pazzini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Felice Brandolini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zenon Lesiecki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Giampaolo Pazzini managed to get in a good position for a shot. Aris Salonicco FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Giampaolo Pazzini was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ke Feng Ang breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.