U23 World League

Pepsi Stadium
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ksawery Dyczkowski started the match with the kick off. Diego Etcheverry hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Kazimierz Skaradoski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Israel Peña tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Pepsi Fuchibol Clu getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Gonzalo-Martin Facon hit a great ball. In the 11th minute, Barnaba Skarpiak 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. Hieronim Jaroch hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Damian Gleba during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, 11ABRASIL's Damian Gleba got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 15th match minute, Pepsi Fuchibol Clu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ordono Abaurre to maneuver through the defense. 18 minutes into the match, Cosme Abecia notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of 11ABRASIL's Edmund Bambas. Edmund Bambas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 28th minute, Ksawery Dyczkowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 11ABRASIL fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 32 minutes into the game, César Melgarejo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Edmund Bambas. César Melgarejo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. Ordono Abaurres short, quick shot in the 37thth minute got Edmund Bambas to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, César Melgarejo took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Edmund Bambas to make any attempt to save it. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell César Melgarejo to make the kick off. 11ABRASIL's Edmund Bambas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ordono Abaurre in the 56th minute of play. The supporters of Pepsi Fuchibol Clu booed when 11ABRASIL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hieronim Jaroch didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute, César Melgarejo 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. Edmund Bambas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from César Melgarejo in the 63rd minute of play. Edmund Bambas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cosme Abecia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 68th minute, César Melgarejo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edmund Bambas was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. Dolcet Abancens sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match clock showed 75 minutes, the score became 7-1 when Ordono Abaurre sped through 11ABRASIL's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Edmund Bambas. Ordono Abaurre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmund Bambas having to interfere. 79 minutes into the game, César Melgarejo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-1. Edmund Bambas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 85th minute, César Melgarejo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edmund Bambas was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-1. César Melgarejo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 91 minutes into the match, César Melgarejo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edmund Bambas. 11ABRASIL's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that César Melgarejo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 10-1. Pepsi Fuchibol Clu's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.