U21 World League

Coliseo Verdolaga
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Napoleon Wietrzychowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 minutes, Zdzislaw Jerzyk mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Śląsk Bytom and the VERDOLAGA CITY FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 3rd minute of the game. One of Śląsk Bytom:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of VERDOLAGA CITY FC:s goal. The goalkeeper, Piotr Gecionis, was totally fooled by VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Sebastiano Torrienta, who 4 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 8th minute, Loreto Astonzas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vicente Davalos came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Śląsk Bytom's Napoleon Wietrzychowski. But to his dismay, Napoleon Wietrzychowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Vicente Davalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roch Betonowy, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Śląsk Bytom:s Piotr Gecionis showed great skill when he stopped Sebastiano Torrienta:s penalty. Vicente Davalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roch Betonowy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lukasz Resel kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Rocio Camerin got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Vicente Davalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maciek Hana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vicente Davalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maciek Hana in the 38th minute of the match. Vicente Davalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roch Betonowy in the 39th minute of play. Xamo Andujar's late challenge caught a Śląsk Bytom's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xamo Andujar helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to VERDOLAGA CITY FC getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Xamo Andujar hit a great ball. Vicente Davalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roch Betonowy, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dante Guridi to strike the kick off in the second half. Mariusz Harasimowicz hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. When Konstanty Felenak fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Śląsk Bytom's protests and gave Konstanty Felenak a yellow card for diving instead. In the 55th match minute, Śląsk Bytom was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstanty Felenak to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Loreto Astonzas in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Piotr Gecionis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 63rd minute Roch Betonowy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Davalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Loreto Astonzas in the 82nd minute of play forced Śląsk Bytom's goalkeeper Piotr Gecionis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Śląsk Bytom's Roch Betonowy got a free kick in the 86th minute. If Roch Betonowy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91st minute, Mariusz Harasimowicz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vicente Davalos. The goal made the score 1-2. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Śląsk Bytom walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.