U23 World League

Diego A. Milito
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lisandro Lopez took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Racing Club【LBF】's goal looked a bit too open when Pau Doku came free, but Marcelo Eufemio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute Lisandro Lopez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Piotr Noworolnik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcelo Eufemio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pau Doku in the 9th minute of play. With his leg Piotr Noworolnik managed to avoid a goal in the 10thth minute, when Racing Club【LBF】's Lisandro Lopez fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Piotr Noworolnik didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lisandro Lopez went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Marcelo Eufemio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ben West in the 19th minute of play. After 20 minutes, Carolo Chuse mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Racing Club【LBF】 and the Odważni players grew even worse after the yellow card. Carolo Chuse kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Jurand Pyrtek sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Racing Club【LBF】's Marcelo Eufemio didn't even have to move. Marcelo Eufemio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ben West in the 24th minute of the match. Marcelo Eufemio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pau Doku in the 27th minute of play. Eulalio Aimar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Piotr Noworolnik having to interfere. Marcelo Eufemio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ben West, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Odważni's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eulalio Aimar was slow to take the kick. During this time Racing Club【LBF】's players had a chance to rest. 37 minutes into the match, Racing Club【LBF】's goal looked a bit too open when Arnold Hemmen came free, but Marcelo Eufemio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Lodowy in the 44th minute of play forced Racing Club【LBF】's goalkeeper Marcelo Eufemio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pau Doku to make the kick off. Marcelo Eufemio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ben West in the 52nd minute of the match. Piotr Noworolnik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eulalio Aimar, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Piotr Noworolnik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eulalio Aimar, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. A collision led to Racing Club【LBF】 getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Gogo Geleberto hit a great ball. 58 minutes into the match, Racing Club【LBF】's goalkeeper Marcelo Eufemio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pau Doku. Pau Doku was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Piotr Noworolnik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lisandro Lopez in the 63rd minute of play. Pau Doku struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Marcelo Eufemio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Odważni. Pau Doku came free with the goalkeeper in the 74th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Marcelo Eufemio could save by the left post. Marcelo Eufemio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pau Doku in the 75th minute of play. Marcelo Eufemio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ben West, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute Federico Orlanda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Piotr Noworolnik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Odważni defense, Lisandro Lopez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Piotr Noworolnik. The Odważni fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Piotr Noworolnik should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Odważni's zone, Lisandro Lopez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Piotr Noworolnik came out of the goal and Lisandro Lopez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Racing Club【LBF】 were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Odważni for a fine match.