U23 World League

Stadion Bursztynowy
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Robertas Lewandowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Krzysztof Kluska scored 1-0 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ronaldinho Pernambucano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Krzysztof Kluskas short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Ronaldinho Pernambucano to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The supporters of Zielonka Gdansk booed when Haridades F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roger Koehler didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Krzysztof Kluska managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zielonka Gdansk's supporters rose to their feet, but Krzysztof Kluska was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ronaldinho Pernambucano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 10th match minute, Haridades F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iuri Gonçalves to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 14 minutes, Robertas Lewandowski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zielonka Gdansk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Robertas Lewandowski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the last second Ronaldinho Pernambucano throw himself and got hold of the ball when Tobiasz Gdowik in the 16thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by Haridades F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zachariasz Penczkowski was slow to take the kick. During this time Zielonka Gdansk's players had a chance to rest. Zielonka Gdansk's Zachariasz Penczkowski was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ronaldinho Pernambucano in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Hugon Bykowski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Iuri Gonçalves charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iuri Gonçalves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Haridades F.C's Iuri Gonçalves got a free kick in the 24th minute. Ronaldinho Pernambucano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robertas Lewandowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Ronaldinho Pernambucano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hugon Bykowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ronaldinho Pernambucano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Krzysztof Kluska in the 32nd minute of the match. The supporters of Zielonka Gdansk booed when Haridades F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ernesto Coelho didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 35th minute Robertas Lewandowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronaldinho Pernambucano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robertas Lewandowski charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Robertas Lewandowski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 36 played minutes Zielonka Gdansk got a freekick which was hit by Robertas Lewandowski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moisés Dracena in the 40th minute of play forced Zielonka Gdansk's goalkeeper Stefan Ciempa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Haridades F.C booed when Zielonka Gdansk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilbert Marchewka didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stefan Ciempa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luís Eduardo Souza's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Moisés Dracena made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Zielonka Gdansk's Szczepan Plachetka got a free kick in the 51st minute. Gerson Sarmento took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 52nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Stefan Ciempa. Zielonka Gdansk's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The supporters of Zielonka Gdansk booed when Haridades F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iuri Gonçalves didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ronaldinho Pernambucano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robertas Lewandowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Robertas Lewandowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 73 minutes into the match, Krzysztof Kluska notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Haridades F.C's Ronaldinho Pernambucano. Ronaldinho Pernambucano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 77 minutes of play, Zielonka Gdansk's Hugon Bykowski made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ronaldinho Pernambucano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ronaldinho Pernambucano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tobiasz Gdowik in the 81st minute of play. Krzysztof Kluska scored 4-1 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ronaldinho Pernambucano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ronaldinho Pernambucano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Krzysztof Kluska went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score.