U23 World League

Zamalek FC Park
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Malcolm Neal started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 6 played minutes Zamalek FC got a freekick which was hit by Tuan Glover. 7 minutes into the game, ACR SA's Mateo Pession nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Wong made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After 17 minutes, Gustaw Wlodyga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ACR SA and the Zamalek FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Zamalek FC booed when ACR SA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gustaw Wlodyga didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 23 minutes, Fabian Banaszak mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ACR SA and the Zamalek FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 23rd minute, Fabian Banaszak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 26th minute, Mateo Pession got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 29 minutes into the game, Tuan Glover was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zamalek FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ACR SA the free kick. After 29 played minutes Zamalek FC got a freekick which was hit by Tuan Glover. Mateo Pession fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Wong having to interfere. During the 41st minute of the match Gustaw Wlodyga completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Gustaw Wlodyga a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, ACR SA's Gustaw Wlodyga got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Carson Sherrill was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 43rd minute. Zamalek FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Ricardo Wong came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by ACR SA's Szymon Gorzkiewicz. But to his dismay, Szymon Gorzkiewicz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Szymon Gorzkiewicz made a kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Olgierd Ochylski notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Zamalek FC's Ricardo Wong. Ricardo Wong was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Zamalek FC booed when ACR SA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabian Banaszak didn't get a good kick on the ball. Szymon Gorzkiewicz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Wong having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Zamalek FC's Tuan Glover got a free kick in the 62nd minute. With a little luck, Zamalek FC's Ricardo Wong got control of the ball when Olgierd Ochylski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Carson Sherrill received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Waldemar Klimkiewicz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zamalek FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 76th minute, when Szymon Gorzkiewicz scored to the left of an out of position Ricardo Wong, making the score, 0-5. ACR SA's Gustaw Kochanowski was substituted for Szymon Gorzkiewicz. 82 minutes into the game, ACR SA's Gustaw Kochanowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Wong made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. After 85 minutes of play, ACR SA's Gustaw Kochanowski made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Wong was left in no man's land by his defense there! 88 minutes into the match, ACR SA's Gustaw Kochanowski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ricardo Wong narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Junior Smart charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Junior Smart the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Junior Smart hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute, Gustaw Kochanowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ricardo Wong was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. In the 96th minute, Gustaw Kochanowski fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. ACR SA walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.