U23 World League

Миньор
Spectators: 7674 (Terracing: 5756, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roch Betonowy took the kick off in the first half of the match. Krzysztof Maciejewski hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tzanko Bogatev in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Piotr Gecionis saved Śląsk Bytom from getting behind. Rusi Kerenski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Piotr Gecionis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ivo Faria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roch Betonowy, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Ivo Faria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zdzislaw Jerzyk, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 17 minutes into the match, ПФК Миньор Раднево's goal looked a bit too open when Roch Betonowy came free, but Ivo Faria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Souza in the 19th minute of play forced Śląsk Bytom's goalkeeper Piotr Gecionis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 22 played minutes ПФК Миньор Раднево got a freekick which was hit by Stancho Karev. After a rather tough play, ПФК Миньор Раднево's Rusi Kerenski got a free kick in the 24th minute. Ivo Faria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roch Betonowy in the 26th minute of play. Piotr Gecionis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tzanko Bogatev's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. Śląsk Bytom's Piotr Gecionis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ventzislav Genovski in the 34th minute of play. Piotr Gecionis made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Tzanko Bogatev sent off a good shot on target. Tzanko Bogatev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Piotr Gecionis made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Śląsk Bytom's Szczepan Klocko got a free kick in the 45th minute. 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pedro Souza was the one to do the kick off. Ivo Faria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Napoleon Wietrzychowski in the 56th minute of play. Krzysztof Maciejewski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ПФК Миньор Раднево's Zanko Yochkolovski was substituted for Tzanko Bogatev. After 71 minutes Śląsk Bytom's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ventzislav Genovski who took care of the corner kick. In the 73rd minute of the match ПФК Миньор Раднево got a corner. Śląsk Bytom's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ventzislav Genovski ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Ventzislav Genovski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Śląsk Bytom's Piotr Gecionis did a great save. Pedro Souza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Piotr Gecionis having to interfere. Roch Betonowy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Ivo Faria made a huge save. A collision led to Śląsk Bytom getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Krzysztof Maciejewski hit a great ball. Zanko Yochkolovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Piotr Gecionis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zanko Yochkolovski in the 85th minute of play. Piotr Gecionis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Souza in the 87th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Zanko Yochkolovski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Piotr Gecionis was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Rusi Kerenski kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. In the 91st minute Pedro Souza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Piotr Gecionis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Śląsk Bytom players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented ПФК Миньор Раднево from taking control. The game ends in a draw.