U23 World League

Stadion Astralny
Spectators: 7737 (Terracing: 5804, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Teofil Tyskie got the match started through his kick off. After 5 played minutes ★ Lobos FC ★ got a freekick which was hit by Cesar Oporto. Astral were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after ★ Lobos FC ★'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Witalis Lukasik took the corner. Witalis Lukasik made a great header on Astral's corner, it was just that ★ Lobos FC ★'s Buba Lopez managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Borys Skaradowski in the 14th minute of play forced ★ Lobos FC ★'s goalkeeper Buba Lopez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Buba Lopez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Borys Skaradowski in the 14th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Teofil Tyskie got free with Buba Lopez in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Teofil Tyskie came free with the goalkeeper in the 21st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Buba Lopez could save by the left post. In the 22nd minute, Mariano Alvarez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Slawomir Cholewa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 25th minute, Teofil Tyskie reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Buba Lopez. The goal made the score 1-1. Buba Lopez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Borys Skaradowski in the 29th minute of the match. Manuel Portillo kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eugeniusz Zacharzewski got free with Buba Lopez in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 37th minute Teofil Tyskie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Buba Lopez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Astral getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Roch Jaraczeski hit a great ball. 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 wind increased when Mariano Alvarez made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Astral's Tobiasz Zacharczyk got a free kick in the 53rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Astral's zone, Mariano Alvarez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Slawomir Cholewa came out of the goal and Mariano Alvarez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Eugeniusz Zacharzewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Buba Lopez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st minute, Sarbelio Calderon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Teofil Tyskie had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eugeniusz Zacharzewski hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. ★ Lobos FC ★'s Buba Lopez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teofil Tyskie in the 80th minute of play. If Efrain Ribeiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Slawomir Cholewa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Alvarez in the 89th minute. Astral were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.