U18 World League

El Cilindro Mágico
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Napoleon Odachowski started the match with the kick off. In the 7th minute, Jacobo Muno reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Wincenty Bielecki. The goal made the score 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in WZG Sandomierz's zone, Jacobo Muno stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wincenty Bielecki came out of the goal and Jacobo Muno tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Felix Medina took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Napoleon Odachowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 23 minutes into the match, ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ's goal looked a bit too open when Napoleon Odachowski came free, but Felix Medina reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th match minute, ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clemente Qwinton to maneuver through the defense. Apolo Laurentzi scored 2-0 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wincenty Bielecki, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Apolo Laurentzi got free with Wincenty Bielecki in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ's Luis Munio got a free kick in the 47th minute. After a defensive mix-up in ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ's zone, Teobald Mochowak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Felix Medina came out of the goal and Teobald Mochowak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Apolo Laurentzi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. WZG Sandomierz's Wincenty Bielecki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Apolo Laurentzi in the 53rd minute of play. After having played for 54 minutes, Napoleon Odachowski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. WZG Sandomierz's supporters crossed their fingers, but Napoleon Odachowski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roch Jaszcz in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Felix Medina saved ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ from getting behind. 66 minutes into the game, Kryspin Bazan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. WZG Sandomierz's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ the free kick. Kryspin Bazan hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ's Aristides Tipi got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Felix Medina showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roch Jaszcz in the 73rd minute of the match. Jacobo Muno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wincenty Bielecki having to interfere. Wincenty Bielecki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Apolo Laurentzi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute of the match ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ got a corner. WZG Sandomierz's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Aristides Tipi ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Clemente Qwinton managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. When Jacobo Muno fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ's protests and gave Jacobo Muno a yellow card for diving instead. After 87 played minutes ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ got a freekick which was hit by Jacobo Muno. Reynaldo Reyes charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Reynaldo Reyes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Reynaldo Reyes kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of WZG Sandomierz for a fine match.