U23 World League

Blue Arena
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Timoteo Amigo kicked off to start the match. Norbert Gregorczyk blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Urbes Astera having to make a save. After having played for 9 minutes, Leonard Balkiewicz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leonard Balkiewicz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 11 minutes, Norbert Gregorczyk made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Blackblue United's Urbes Astera tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 15 minutes of play, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Eugeniusz Turek made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Urbes Astera was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 20th minute, Janusz Andrychowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Blackblue United's Matamba Puredo couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 20th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź. When Danny Salz fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Blackblue United's protests and gave Danny Salz a yellow card for diving instead. In the 21st match minute, Blackblue United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danny Salz to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rdth minute of the game Kazimierz Miazga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Blackblue United's Urbes Astera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Urbes Astera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kazimierz Miazga, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 34 minutes into the match, Blackblue United's goal looked a bit too open when Kazimierz Miazga came free, but Urbes Astera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th match minute, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Janusz Andrychowski to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th minute Kazimierz Miazga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urbes Astera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Jurand Derlanga hit a great ball. In the 47th minute, Erick Caicedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kazimierz Miazga made a kick off. Kazimierz Miazga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Urbes Astera made a huge save. The referee felt a red card was in order, 57 minutes into the game, when Humberto Lisundia put in a rough tackle. Grzegorz Skikiewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timoteo Amigo, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Blackblue United's Urbes Astera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Blackblue United from getting a goal against them. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Grzegorz Skikiewicz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Matamba Puredo was slow to take the kick. During this time Blackblue United's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Blackblue United's Matamba Puredo to fire away a dangerous shot which Grzegorz Skikiewicz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 73 minutes into the game, Timoteo Amigo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Grzegorz Skikiewicz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eugeniusz Turek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urbes Astera having to interfere. Norbert Gregorczyk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carlos-Alberto Urruchi hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Kazimierz Miazga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Urbes Astera made a huge save. Kazimierz Miazga succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-5 in the 98th playminute. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.