U23 World League

Olimp
Spectators: 7732 (Terracing: 5800, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Pedro Souza kicked off to start the match. Piotr Gecionis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Kulekov in the 4th minute of the match. If Rusi Kerenski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 11 minutes into the match, ПФК Миньор Раднево's goal looked a bit too open when Napoleon Wietrzychowski came free, but Ivo Faria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Piotr Gecionis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Souza in the 12th minute of play. Piotr Gecionis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stancho Gyuzelev in the 18th minute of the match. Ivo Faria made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roch Betonowy in the 24th minute. Piotr Gecionis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Souza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ivo Faria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krzysztof Maciejewski in the 35th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, ПФК Миньор Раднево's goalkeeper Ivo Faria had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Krzysztof Maciejewski. A collision led to Śląsk Bytom getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Krzysztof Wieck hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Śląsk Bytom defense, Ventzislav Genovski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Piotr Gecionis. The Śląsk Bytom fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Piotr Gecionis should have stopped the shot.

Ivo Faria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krzysztof Maciejewski in the 51st minute of play. The corner led Śląsk Bytom's Igor Kosel to fire away a dangerous shot which Ivo Faria despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 53rd minute, Pedro Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 54th minute, Roch Betonowy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Śląsk Bytom fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Piotr Gecionis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Kulekov in the 59th minute of play. The supporters of Śląsk Bytom booed when ПФК Миньор Раднево was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivan Kulekov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 64 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. After a rather tough play, Śląsk Bytom's Napoleon Wietrzychowski got a free kick in the 71st minute. ПФК Миньор Раднево made a substitution. Vergil Manolev replaced Tzocho Vikyov. Napoleon Wietrzychowski kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Roch Betonowy might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ivo Faria. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roch Betonowy ran back to his position shaking his head. Pedro Souza who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 77thth minute tested the skills of Piotr Gecionis when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 79th minute, Ivan Kulekov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Piotr Gecionis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. The audience was convinced that Stancho Gyuzelev'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. 90 minutes into the match, Śląsk Bytom's goalkeeper Piotr Gecionis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pedro Souza. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stancho Gyuzelev in the 91st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Piotr Gecionis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Piotr Gecionis made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Stancho Gyuzelev sent off a good shot on target. The Śląsk Bytom supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ПФК Миньор Раднево's performance. The match ended with a win for ПФК Миньор Раднево.