U23 World League

Sobrecastell
Spectators: 7458 (Terracing: 5594, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kiko Ponce De Leon took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tome Bencoiechea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zdzislaw Topolski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th minute, Gaizka Bermudez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 10 played minutes Sparta Torex got a freekick which was hit by Jacek Chowaniec. If Zdzislaw Topolski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Jacek Chowaniec came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Sparta Torex fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jacek Chowaniec couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Julian Cuber managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sparta Torex's supporters rose to their feet, but Julian Cuber was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tome Bencoiechea breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mateusz Jarocewicz made in the 24th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Zdzislaw Topolski. Tome Bencoiechea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jurand Jarek in the 26th minute of the match. Richie Vagrande's late challenge caught a Sparta Torex's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Richie Vagrande helped the player get up and apologised. Richie Vagrande kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Sobrecastell UD's zone, Jacek Chowaniec stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tome Bencoiechea came out of the goal and Jacek Chowaniec tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Teofil Sikola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilberto Bodelon in the 33rd minute of the match. Teofil Rzeszutek hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Jacek Chowaniec sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zdzislaw Topolski in the 47th minute of play forced Sobrecastell UD's goalkeeper Tome Bencoiechea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Sobrecastell UD players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Sparta Torex were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Julian Cuber made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Gilberto Bodelon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Teofil Sikola was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. In the 59th minute, Zdzislaw Topolski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tome Bencoiechea. The goal made the score 0-2. Zdzislaw Topolski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tome Bencoiechea having to interfere. In the 67th play minute Julian Cuber came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Tome Bencoiechea. 0-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Teofil Rzeszutek during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 73rd match minute, Sparta Torex was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teofil Rzeszutek to maneuver through the defense. When Mateusz Jarocewicz came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Sparta Torex fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mateusz Jarocewicz couldn't finish the play. Sparta Torex's Zdzislaw Topolski was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 80th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Julian Cuber could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Tome Bencoiechea made a huge save. In the 83rd minute, Gaizka Bermudez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tadeusz Zawaski took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 84th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tome Bencoiechea. Sobrecastell UD's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zdzislaw Topolski in the 85th minute of play forced Sobrecastell UD's goalkeeper Tome Bencoiechea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julian Cuber succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 90th playminute. A collision led to Sparta Torex getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Stefan Hryc hit a great ball. Sparta Torex played a much better game than Sobrecastell UD and deserved their victory. The Sobrecastell UD players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.