U23 World League

Vila Belmiro
Spectators: 7673 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) Hans Ladd made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 2nd minute, Arkadiusz Zacharek ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Errol Sharpe was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Through an outstanding action, after 7 minutes, Florian Indyk successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Santos FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sylwester Zworski was slow to take the kick. During this time PTB Football Club's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to PTB Football Club's Zdzislaw Drab getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 14th minute Rusty Little shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian Indyk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Saran in the 15th minute of play forced Santos FC's goalkeeper Errol Sharpe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arkadiusz Zacharek in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Errol Sharpe saved Santos FC from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in Santos FC's zone, Zdzislaw Drab stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Errol Sharpe came out of the goal and Zdzislaw Drab tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Santos FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Louis Ragland hit a great ball. Errol Sharpe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zdzislaw Drab in the 33rd minute of the match. Kris Marks could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Florian Indyk made a huge save. Santos FC's Errol Sharpe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dobromir Domaradzki in the 38th minute of play. Errol Sharpe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiusz Zacharek, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 44 minutes into the match, Arkadiusz Zacharek had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Errol Sharpe. Santos FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arkadiusz Zacharek was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Arkadiusz Zacharek to strike the kick off in the second half. Arkadiusz Zacharek struck a weak shot in the 52nd minute. Errol Sharpe didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for PTB Football Club. Errol Sharpe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zdzislaw Drab, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. PTB Football Club's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sylwester Zworski in the 59th minute. In the 60th match minute, Santos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rusty Little to maneuver through the defense. Errol Sharpe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Saran in the 64th minute of play. Rusty Little hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Santos FC's Errol Sharpe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Santos FC from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Arkadiusz Zacharek managed to get in a good position for a shot. PTB Football Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Arkadiusz Zacharek was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Errol Sharpe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 72nd minute, Artur Saran got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 74 minutes into the game, Arkadiusz Zacharek was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PTB Football Club's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Santos FC the free kick. A collision led to PTB Football Club getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Arkadiusz Zacharek hit a great ball. Errol Sharpe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkadiusz Zacharek in the 81st minute of play. After 84 played minutes PTB Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Aleksander Wolski. The Santos FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. PTB Football Club were clearly better and deserved to take the win.