U18 World League

Palacio de Poseidón
Spectators: 7757 (Terracing: 5820, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Boleslaw Waldoch started the match with the kick off. Brow Team's Aleksander Lodowy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Brow Team from getting a goal against them. In the 8th minute, Bye Poseidón's Ticho Larrangos ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aleksander Lodowy. Aleksander Lodowy yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Aleksander Lodowy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hori Malet, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. In the 14th minute Ticho Larrangos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksander Lodowy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gustau Ageitos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Czeslaw Bochinski in the 17th minute of play. Brow Team's Aleksander Lodowy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Brow Team from getting a goal against them. In the 22nd minute Zbyszko Golaszewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustau Ageitos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erasmo Amescua in the 28th minute of play forced Brow Team's goalkeeper Aleksander Lodowy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Bye Poseidón defense, Czeslaw Bochinski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gustau Ageitos. The Bye Poseidón fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gustau Ageitos should have stopped the shot. Aleksander Lodowy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ticho Larrangos, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. In the 36th match minute, Brow Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zachary Trzaskoma to maneuver through the defense. Aleksander Lodowy was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Hori Malet showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 38 minute of play. With 41 minutes on the clock, Yaniusky Barreira commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Bye Poseidón fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 40th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Brow Team a penalty, 43 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Czeslaw Bochinski, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Bye Poseidón's Gustau Ageitos. 2-2. Emeterio Astiago's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Aleksander Lodowy firmly grabbed it by the left post. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hori Malet to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hori Malet during the 50th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 50th minute, Hori Malet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juliusz Cytrynski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Gustau Ageitos made a huge save. Aleksander Lodowy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hori Malet in the 52nd minute of the match. Boleslaw Waldoch in the 57thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gustau Ageitos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Emeterio Astiago recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 63 minutes of play, Bye Poseidón's Emeterio Astiago made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aleksander Lodowy was left in no man's land by his defense there! 71 minutes into the match, Emeterio Astiago had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aleksander Lodowy. Brow Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emeterio Astiago was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. The supporters of Brow Team booed when Bye Poseidón was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eustaquio Galdeano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aleksander Lodowy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emeterio Astiago in the 84th minute of play. In the 85th minute Hori Malet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksander Lodowy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 90 minutes into the match, Brow Team's goal looked a bit too open when Emeterio Astiago came free, but Aleksander Lodowy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hori Malet struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Aleksander Lodowy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Bye Poseidón. There was no doubt that Bye Poseidón were the better team. Bye Poseidón's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.