U21 World League

Escobedo Stadium
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Witold Blochowiak got the match started through his kick off. Florian Tworek might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Florentino Elixio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Florian Tworek ran back to his position shaking his head. Santa Fe's Florentino Elixio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wit Tscherner in the 5th minute of play. Florentino Elixio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Witold Blochowiak in the 22nd minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, Santa Fe's goal looked a bit too open when Florian Tworek came free, but Florentino Elixio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute Witold Blochowiak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florentino Elixio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute AC Raczyny were awarded a corner. Mikolaj Balonek went to the cornerflag to take it. Florentino Elixio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wit Tscherner in the 35th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Angel Quezada to make the kick off. Santa Fe's Florentino Elixio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Santa Fe from getting a goal against them. Florian Tworek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florentino Elixio having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domingos Nalo in the 65th minute of play forced AC Raczyny's goalkeeper Filip Budacz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute Santa Fe were awarded a corner. Oskar Escobedo went to the cornerflag to take it. Santa Fe's Domingos Nalo was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Filip Budacz in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When the match clock showed 72 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Domingos Nalo sped through AC Raczyny's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Filip Budacz. Filip Budacz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lionel Castañon in the 80th minute of play. After 84 played minutes AC Raczyny got a freekick which was hit by Edmund Kajder. After having played for 86 minutes, Oskar Escobedo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Santa Fe's supporters crossed their fingers, but Oskar Escobedo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Filip Budacz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lionel Castañon, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Florian Tworek recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.