U23 World League

Troopers Arena
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arnoldo Licerio made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, White Star Troopers's Stanislaw Fujara got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Raul Isias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Proca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 11th minute Tadeusz Buda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raul Isias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sylwester Luty could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Raul Isias made a huge save. Sylwester Luty had several of the PINGO PINGO's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 21 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-1 score and a disappointed Raul Isias as he didn't even see the shot coming. After 28 played minutes White Star Troopers got a freekick which was hit by Ryszard Waselenczuk. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez managed to get in a good position for a shot. PINGO PINGO's supporters rose to their feet, but Leandro Gonzalez Pirez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fryderyk Huk breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 38 minutes into the match, PINGO PINGO's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Proca came free, but Raul Isias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raul Isias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Proca, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Fryderyk Huk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnoldo Licerio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes into the match, PINGO PINGO's goal looked a bit too open when Tadeusz Buda came free, but Raul Isias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th match minute, PINGO PINGO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lisandro Gutierrez to maneuver through the defense. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Adam Proca stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Raul Isias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sylwester Luty, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. White Star Troopers's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Adam Proca in the 53rd minute. Adam Proca made a great header on White Star Troopers's corner, it was just that PINGO PINGO's Raul Isias managed to reach the ball for a save. The supporters of PINGO PINGO booed when White Star Troopers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucjan Kaczorowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 57 played minutes White Star Troopers got a freekick which was hit by Lucjan Kaczorowski. 59 minutes into the match, White Star Troopers's goalkeeper Fryderyk Huk had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Froilan Lertxun. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnoldo Licerio in the 66th minute of play forced White Star Troopers's goalkeeper Fryderyk Huk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute, Froilan Lertxun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 69th match minute, PINGO PINGO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Froilan Lertxun to maneuver through the defense. 71 minutes into the game, Arnoldo Licerio cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Fryderyk Huk was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. White Star Troopers made a substitution. Norbert Karp replaced Lucjan Kaczorowski. After 80 played minutes PINGO PINGO got a freekick which was hit by Lisandro Gutierrez. In the 84th minute, Adam Proca left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The White Star Troopers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.