U23 World League

Sparta
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Ludomir Debowski was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 4 minutes into the match. Feliks Wielkopolski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerardo Oalo in the 8th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, FC SZAFIRY's goal looked a bit too open when Hilario Mikeldi came free, but Feliks Wielkopolski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 14th minute, Omar Canor left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Retorno de Palermo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 19 minutes into the match, Leandro Ofelio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Feliks Wielkopolski. FC SZAFIRY's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leandro Ofelio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Feliks Wielkopolski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hilario Mikeldi in the 23rd minute of the match. Feliks Wielkopolski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leandro Ofelio's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. 31 minutes into the match, FC SZAFIRY's goal looked a bit too open when Hilario Mikeldi came free, but Feliks Wielkopolski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the FC SZAFIRY defense, Gerardo Oalo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Feliks Wielkopolski. The FC SZAFIRY fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Feliks Wielkopolski should have stopped the shot. FC SZAFIRY's Feliks Wielkopolski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hilario Mikeldi in the 35th minute of play. After 36 minutes, Leandro Ofelio made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. FC SZAFIRY's Feliks Wielkopolski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. FC SZAFIRY's Feliks Wielkopolski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hilario Mikeldi in the 40th minute of play. Feliks Wielkopolski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hilario Mikeldi, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Feliks Wielkopolski came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by El Retorno de Palermo's Hilario Mikeldi. But to his dismay, Hilario Mikeldi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jacek Koprowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hilario Mikeldi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 58 played minutes FC SZAFIRY got a freekick which was hit by Radowit Ramzinski. Aaron Cebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Feliks Wielkopolski made a huge save. Feliks Wielkopolski came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by El Retorno de Palermo's Hilario Mikeldi. But to his dismay, Hilario Mikeldi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. FC SZAFIRY's Feliks Wielkopolski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerardo Oalo in the 65th minute of play. Feliks Wielkopolski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leandro Ofelio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as El Retorno de Palermo's Gerardo Oalo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Feliks Wielkopolski. That made the score 0-7 after 68 minutes of play. Feliks Wielkopolski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anibal Egoitz in the 72nd minute. Feliks Wielkopolski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerardo Oalo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 75 minutes into the match, Leandro Ofelio dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Feliks Wielkopolski, 0-8. After 83 played minutes FC SZAFIRY got a freekick which was hit by Bogumil Gajewski. In the 84th minute Aaron Cebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliks Wielkopolski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes into the game, Gerardo Oalo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Feliks Wielkopolski. Gerardo Oalo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-9. In the 89th minute Leandro Ofelio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliks Wielkopolski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 90th match minute, El Retorno de Palermo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anibal Egoitz to maneuver through the defense. After 93 minutes of play, El Retorno de Palermo's Gerardo Oalo made it 0-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Feliks Wielkopolski was left in no man's land by his defense there! El Retorno de Palermo played a much better game than FC SZAFIRY and deserved their victory. The FC SZAFIRY players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.