U23 World League

Salvatore Riina
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Florian Jandryca got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Victoria Września was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mateusz Kazimierz to maneuver through the defense. 5 minutes into the game, Timóteo Lage recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Lucjan Rasiak. Timóteo Lage showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Czeslaw Penczkowski charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Czeslaw Penczkowski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 9th minute, Czeslaw Penczkowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Durval Lage took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florian Jandryca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Czeslaw Penczkowski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Timóteo Lage during the 22nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to LA COSA NOSTRA getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Timóteo Lage hit a great ball. Durval Lage took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florian Jandryca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th match minute, Victoria Września was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kazimierz Lizewski to maneuver through the defense. Rubim Malheiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucjan Rasiak having to interfere. 33 minutes into the game, Timóteo Lage lined in a short shot 2-1 behind a frustrated Lucjan Rasiak. Afonso Portugal was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 36th minute. LA COSA NOSTRA's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Mateusz Kazimierz hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. 乔义竞 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lucjan Rasiak having to make a save. In the 43rd minute, Danilo Onofre hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute, Mateusz Kazimierz 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. In the 46th minute, 乔义竞 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LA COSA NOSTRA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Timóteo Lage to make the kick off. Durval Lage was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Florian Jandryca showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-2 in the 52 minute of play. Durval Lage showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Czeslaw Penczkowski in the 56th minute of the match. In the 58th minute, Czeslaw Penczkowski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Durval Lage. The goal made the score 3-3. Durval Lage took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Czeslaw Penczkowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Durval Lage showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radowit Burdzel in the 65th minute of the match. Durval Lage made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Czeslaw Penczkowski in the 73rd minute of play. Lucjan Rasiak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 乔义竞, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 85 minutes into the match, 乔义竞 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucjan Rasiak. Victoria Września's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 乔义竞 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3. Durval Lage took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Czeslaw Penczkowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. LA COSA NOSTRA were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Victoria Września for a fine match.