U23 World League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nunez Arias took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 5 minutes, Radoslaw Lamczyk mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the LIRA ELBLĄG SSA and the AFC FUSION players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 5th minute, Radoslaw Lamczyk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 7th minute Nunez Arias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jaroslaw Wojno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gerardo Beila made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ziemowit Gendolla in the 9th minute of play. When Radoslaw Lamczyk was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 10 minutes had been played. In the 11th minute, Radoslaw Lamczyk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jaroslaw Wojno came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by AFC FUSION's Nunez Arias. But to his dismay, Nunez Arias quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nunez Arias in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jaroslaw Wojno saved LIRA ELBLĄG SSA from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nunez Arias in the 29th minute of play forced LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's goalkeeper Jaroslaw Wojno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's Nunez Arias sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jaroslaw Wojno narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 32nd match minute, LIRA ELBLĄG SSA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jurand Waselenczuk to maneuver through the defense. After 33 played minutes Nunez Arias could catch the ball where he stood relatively free a bit outside the goal and without hesitation he completed 2-0 into the left cross. 36 minutes into the game, Ziemowit Gendolla threw the ball into play from the sideline. AFC FUSION's Tiburcio Patxi quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Nunez Arias blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jaroslaw Wojno having to make a save. Jaroslaw Wojno made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nunez Arias in the 41st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Nunez Arias managed to get in a good position for a shot. AFC FUSION's supporters rose to their feet, but Nunez Arias was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jaroslaw Wojno breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Slawomir Zatorski made a kick off. Nunez Arias might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jaroslaw Wojno. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nunez Arias ran back to his position shaking his head. Jaroslaw Wojno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nunez Arias in the 53rd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Nunez Arias put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jaroslaw Wojno. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nunez Arias in the 58th minute of play forced LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's goalkeeper Jaroslaw Wojno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Clemente Fresco during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 59th match minute, AFC FUSION was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clemente Fresco to maneuver through the defense. 61 minutes into the game, Nunez Arias cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Jaroslaw Wojno was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Nunez Arias's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jaroslaw Wojno was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. The supporters of LIRA ELBLĄG SSA booed when AFC FUSION was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carmelo Brais didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jaroslaw Wojno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nunez Arias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nunez Arias's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jaroslaw Wojno read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nunez Arias in the 76th minute of play forced LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's goalkeeper Jaroslaw Wojno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Jaroslaw Wojno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nunez Arias in the 79th minute of play. After 85 minutes of play, AFC FUSION's Nunez Arias made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jaroslaw Wojno was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 88th minute, Nunez Arias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jaroslaw Wojno was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. When Clemente Fresco came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the AFC FUSION fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Clemente Fresco couldn't finish the play. Jaroslaw Wojno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nunez Arias in the 94th minute of play. AFC FUSION's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.