U23 World League

FLA Arena
Spectators: 7742 (Terracing: 5808, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The Best Ones's Wellington Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Boruc Rasiak in the 3rd minute of play. The supporters of The Best Ones booed when Galja Kraków was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Konrad Juroszek didn't get a good kick on the ball. 6 minutes into the match, Galja Kraków's goal looked a bit too open when Naldo Maia came free, but Jaroslaw Lichniak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wellington Xavier didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Slawomir Szpakowski went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 12 minutes into the match, Boruc Rasiak had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wellington Xavier. The Best Ones's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Boruc Rasiak was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Wellington Xavier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Hodyl, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 22 minutes into the game, Galja Kraków's Sebastian Hodyl nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Wellington Xavier made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. After a defensive mix-up in The Best Ones's zone, Radomil Golota stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wellington Xavier came out of the goal and Radomil Golota tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of The Best Ones booed when Galja Kraków was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonard Borczak didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boruc Rasiak in the 35th minute of play forced The Best Ones's goalkeeper Wellington Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Naldo Maia came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the The Best Ones fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Naldo Maia couldn't finish the play. 39 minutes into the match, Boruc Rasiak had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wellington Xavier. The Best Ones's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Boruc Rasiak was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. When Boruc Rasiak came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Galja Kraków fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Boruc Rasiak couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the The Best Ones defense, Boruc Rasiak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wellington Xavier. The The Best Ones fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wellington Xavier should have stopped the shot. The Best Ones's Wellington Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Boruc Rasiak in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-7 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristóvão de Sousa made a kick off. Jaroslaw Lichniak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naldo Maia in the 53rd minute of play. Wellington Xavier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radomil Golota in the 71st minute of play. Wellington Xavier made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Slawomir Szpakowski sent off a good shot on target. Wellington Xavier made an important save on a dangerous shot by Boruc Rasiak in the 75th minute. Radomil Golota could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Wellington Xavier made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Slawomir Szpakowski in the 83rd minute of play forced The Best Ones's goalkeeper Wellington Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boruc Rasiak in the 85th minute of play forced The Best Ones's goalkeeper Wellington Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the match, The Best Ones's goal looked a bit too open when Radomil Golota came free, but Wellington Xavier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Galja Kraków left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than The Best Ones.