U23 World League

Gabisiowo
Spectators: 7303 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 150) Luis Santana started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Tor Rosenlund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Chowaniec in the 4th minute of the match. After 5 minutes, Julian Niguel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Santa Maradona and the Ekipa Gabi players grew even worse after the yellow card. Julian Niguel hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Tor Rosenlund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Chowaniec in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute, Santa Maradona's Arturo Abaurre seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Arturo Abaurre the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Santa Maradona protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Arturo Abaurre had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 9 minutes into the game, one of Santa Maradona:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Tor Rosenlund came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by Ekipa Gabi's Lucjan Dembowski. But to his dismay, Lucjan Dembowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Tor Rosenlund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damian Chowaniec, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Santa Maradona's goal looked a bit too open when Damian Chowaniec came free, but Tor Rosenlund reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Santa Maradona getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Octavio Txurio hit a great ball. Marian Pankiewicz charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marian Pankiewicz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Octavio Txurio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Florentin Dumitru charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Florentin Dumitru the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Ekipa Gabi's Florentin Dumitru got a free kick in the 27th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aureliusz Winograd got free with Tor Rosenlund in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Santa Maradona booed when Ekipa Gabi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bartosz Olejarz didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Damian Chowaniec managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ekipa Gabi's supporters rose to their feet, but Damian Chowaniec was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tor Rosenlund breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 47th match minute, Santa Maradona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hakkı Kenan Ushan to maneuver through the defense.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Damian Chowaniec made a kick off. When the match clock showed 52 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Damian Chowaniec sped through Santa Maradona's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tor Rosenlund. Tor Rosenlund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucjan Dembowski in the 56th minute of play. Francis Calmes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cecilio Ubarna in the 58th minute of play. Damian Chowaniec got in the 59th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Tor Rosenlund handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Luis Santana kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Tor Rosenlund took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Chowaniec, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tor Rosenlund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aureliusz Winograd in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th minute of the match Ekipa Gabi got a corner. Santa Maradona's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lucjan Dembowski ran over to the corner to take the kick. With his leg Francis Calmes managed to avoid a goal in the 69thth minute, when Santa Maradona's Octavio Txurio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Damian Chowaniec in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tor Rosenlund saved Santa Maradona from getting behind. Ekipa Gabi's Francis Calmes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Ekipa Gabi from getting a goal against them. In the 82nd minute, Bartosz Olejarz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Damian Chowaniec sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Francis Calmes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cecilio Ubarna in the 90th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Aureliusz Winograd in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tor Rosenlund saved Santa Maradona from getting behind. In the 95th minute, Herminio Birila hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Ekipa Gabi were victorious despite being under pressure from Santa Maradona for much of the match.