U23 World League

Choszczno
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Piast Choszczno's Aureliusz Ikalewicz started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Atanas Živkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Radomir Tusk having to interfere. Ile Manojlovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Radomir Tusk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 10 minutes into the match, Andrzej Sawicki had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Robert Manevski. Red Bull Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andrzej Sawicki was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 14th minute, Piast Choszczno's Aureliusz Ikalewicz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Radomir Tusk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ile Manojlovski in the 19th minute of the match. After 20 minutes Piast Choszczno's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Angel Lazarevski who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Red Bull Club's Atanas Živkov to fire away a dangerous shot which Radomir Tusk despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Red Bull Club's Atanas Živkov got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Ile Manojlovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 32nd play minute Nathan Carrier came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Robert Manevski. 3-0. When Skender Partenijev came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Red Bull Club 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 Skender Partenijev couldn't finish the play. Michal Dlugi kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Andrzej Sawicki kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Robert Manevski. That made the score 4-0 in the 42 minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ile Manojlovski was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Ile Manojlovski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Radomir Tusk was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. In the 55th minute Nathan Carrier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robert Manevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Radomir Tusk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ile Manojlovski in the 56th minute of the match. Robert Manevski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aureliusz Ikalewicz went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Robert Manevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nathan Carrier in the 61st minute of play. 61 minutes into the game, Nathan Carrier cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Robert Manevski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Ile Manojlovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The Piast Choszczno fans' excitement grew in the 66th match minute when Piast Choszczno's Aureliusz Ikalewicz looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 7-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Robert Manevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aureliusz Ikalewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aureliusz Ikalewicz kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliusz Ikalewicz in the 79th minute of play forced Red Bull Club's goalkeeper Robert Manevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Ile Manojlovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Piast Choszczno had won after a very even match.