U23 World League

Choszczno
Spectators: 7605 (Terracing: 5705, Seating: 1749, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aureliusz Ikalewicz took the kick off in the first half of the match. Radomir Tusk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ceferino Hever in the 2nd minute of play. Feliberto Gonsalvo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrzej Sawicki in the 8th minute of play. Feliberto Gonsalvo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrzej Sawicki in the 11th minute of the match. In the 13th minute Aureliusz Ikalewicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Gonsalvo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Anak Junior had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Piast Choszczno's Radomir Tusk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anak Junior in the 14th minute of play. Feliberto Gonsalvo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrzej Sawicki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute, Andrzej Sawicki left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Piast Choszczno fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Radomir Tusk stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anak Junior's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. After 23 minutes of play, C A U's Anak Junior made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Radomir Tusk was left in no man's land by his defense there! Anak Junior might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Radomir Tusk. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Anak Junior ran back to his position shaking his head. Radomir Tusk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anak Junior in the 28th minute of play. C A U's Nico González got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Andrzej Sawicki got free with Feliberto Gonsalvo in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Piast Choszczno's goalkeeper Radomir Tusk, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 39th match minute, C A U was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anak Junior to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Piast Choszczno getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Sebastian Ledochowski hit a great ball. C A U's Nico González managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Sebastian Ledochowski in the 43 minute of the game. 45 minutes into the match, Ceferino Hever had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Radomir Tusk. Piast Choszczno's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ceferino Hever was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anak Junior to make the kick off. C A U were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Piast Choszczno's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Anak Junior took the corner. The corner led C A U's Anak Junior to fire away a dangerous shot which Radomir Tusk despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience cheered when Anak Junior's long shot passed Radomir Tusk's right side. It was 1-3, 55 minutes into the match. C A U's Bernabe Gartzen was substituted for Conrado Ferrer. Dawid Parzysz made in the 60th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by C A U's Nico González. Radomir Tusk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anak Junior in the 64th minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, Piast Choszczno's goal looked a bit too open when Anak Junior came free, but Radomir Tusk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the last second Radomir Tusk throw himself and got hold of the ball when Anak Junior in the 64thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliusz Ikalewicz in the 66th minute of play forced C A U's goalkeeper Feliberto Gonsalvo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 75 played minutes C A U got a freekick which was hit by Nico González. Bernabe Gartzen hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. In the 80th minute, Lucas Barcelos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The C A U fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Lucas Barcelos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Radomir Tusk didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lucas Barcelos went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. In the 89th match minute, Piast Choszczno was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastian Ledochowski to maneuver through the defense. Lucas Barcelos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Radomir Tusk having to make a save. Radomir Tusk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Barcelos in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Zygmunt Japola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. C A U's Nico González couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Piast Choszczno. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lucas Barcelos in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Radomir Tusk saved Piast Choszczno from getting behind. The Piast Choszczno supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching C A U's performance. The match ended with a win for C A U.