U21 World League

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dawid Dankowski made the kick off which started today's match. El Canalla de Chicago's Bart Villanueva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Borys Golembiewski in the 5th minute of play. The supporters of GIOVANNI DZIADZIA booed when El Canalla de Chicago was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emmanuel Akers didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sylwester Zima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Bart Villanueva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Emmanuel Akers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sylwester Zima during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, GIOVANNI DZIADZIA's Sylwester Zima got a free kick in the 14th minute. After 16 played minutes El Canalla de Chicago got a freekick which was hit by Norberto Bristol. Bart Villanueva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sylwester Zima in the 19th minute of the match. With a little luck, GIOVANNI DZIADZIA's Dawid Rywin got control of the ball when Martin Tuttle tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rudolf Pendleton could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Dawid Rywin made a huge save. Rudolf Pendleton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dawid Rywin having to interfere. Dawid Rywin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rudolf Pendleton in the 34th minute. When Wit Winnicki came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the GIOVANNI DZIADZIA 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 Wit Winnicki couldn't finish the play. Rodger Mejia charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rodger Mejia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of GIOVANNI DZIADZIA booed when El Canalla de Chicago was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodger Mejia didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Borys Golembiewski in the 43rd minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Bart Villanueva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Rudolf Pendleton made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Martin Tuttle left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Canalla de Chicago fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Emmanuel Akers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Dawid Rywin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Rudolf Pendleton came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the El Canalla de Chicago 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 Rudolf Pendleton couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in GIOVANNI DZIADZIA's zone, Emmanuel Akers stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dawid Rywin came out of the goal and Emmanuel Akers tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. El Canalla de Chicago's Monty Stout was substituted for Martin Tuttle. Dawid Dankowski came free with the goalkeeper in the 72nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Bart Villanueva could save by the left post. A collision led to El Canalla de Chicago getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Rudolf Pendleton hit a great ball. After 74 minutes of play El Canalla de Chicago's Rodger Mejia was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of GIOVANNI DZIADZIA booed when El Canalla de Chicago was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodger Mejia didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to GIOVANNI DZIADZIA getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Dawid Dankowski hit a great ball. In the 80th minute, Monty Stout 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. Bart Villanueva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wit Winnicki, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. El Canalla de Chicago had played much better football throughout.