U23 World League

Johan Cruyff Arena
Spectators: 7469 (Terracing: 5603, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tytus Dudek took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gigi Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renato Viado, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 12 minutes into the game, when Wojciech Mietus put in a rough tackle. In the 12th minute, Wojciech Mietus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jacek Kieca charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jacek Kieca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Gorka Oñate took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gigi Buffon. Gigi Buffon dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 19th match minute, Ajax was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dobromir Klimkiewicz to maneuver through the defense. Ajax's Gigi Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilberto Cena in the 20th minute of play. Gorka Oñate scored 0-2 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gigi Buffon, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gigi Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gorka Oñate, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 27 minutes, Tytus Dudek mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ajax and the ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►► players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 27th minute, Tytus Dudek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Guido Folgoso didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 30th minute, which inside left pole to 1-2. With a little luck, ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►►'s Guido Folgoso got control of the ball when Wieslaw Cerocki tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Renato Viado put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Gigi Buffon. Gigi Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilberto Cena in the 46th minute of play. The Ajax players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►► were winning 1-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gilberto Cena was the one to do the kick off. ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►►'s Guido Folgoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Walery Nowacki in the 53rd minute of play. Gigi Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gorka Oñate, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 65th minute, Atauri Fermoso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Remigiusz Galaska in the 69th minute of play forced ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►►'s goalkeeper Guido Folgoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guido Folgoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacek Kieca, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gorka Oñate got free with Gigi Buffon in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►►'s Guido Folgoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Remigiusz Galaska in the 74th minute of play. Gigi Buffon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gorka Oñate in the 76th minute. Wieslaw Cerocki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Guido Folgoso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jacek Kieca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guido Folgoso having to interfere. Ajax's Gigi Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gorka Oñate in the 85th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Heli Guedeja got free with Gigi Buffon in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►► players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.