U21 World League

Twierdza Piotrków
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 徐坤扬 got the match started through his kick off. After 4 minutes Piotrków Trybunalski's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sixto Rik who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Manchester City's corner Sixto Rik fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dawid Damaski quite easily take care of the ball. When Delmiro Filipo fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Manchester City's protests and gave Delmiro Filipo a yellow card for diving instead. Delmiro Filipo hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Dawid Damaski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arturo Polentzi went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Dawid Damaski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fidel Lauro in the 17th minute of play. Colin Sawyer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Manchester City's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sixto Rik in the 33rd minute. The corner led Manchester City's Sixto Rik to fire away a dangerous shot which Dawid Damaski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Colin Sawyer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manchester City's supporters rose to their feet, but Colin Sawyer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dawid Damaski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Edmund Lewandowski's late challenge caught a Manchester City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edmund Lewandowski helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Piotrków Trybunalski getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Edmund Lewandowski hit a great ball. 徐坤扬 scored 0-3 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dawid Damaski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 41 minutes into the match, Colin Sawyer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dawid Damaski. Piotrków Trybunalski's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Colin Sawyer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The Manchester City fans' excitement grew in the 44th match minute when Manchester City's Arturo Polentzi 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 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Manchester City's Colin Sawyer got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mikolaj Figlewski to make the kick off. Colin Sawyer received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dawid Damaski came out and tried to block the shot, but Colin Sawyer slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 53rd minute. When 徐坤扬 in the 57th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Dawid Damaski kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 0-7 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. Through an outstanding action, after 60 minutes, Dawid Damaski successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Dawid Damaski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 徐坤扬's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. With a little luck, Piotrków Trybunalski's Dawid Damaski got control of the ball when Arturo Polentzi tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Dawid Damaski managed to avoid a goal in the 69thth minute, when Manchester City's 徐坤扬 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Colin Sawyer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dawid Damaski having to interfere. Manchester City made a substitution. Flavinho de Amorim replaced Arturo Polentzi. The audience was convinced that 徐坤扬's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dawid Damaski was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. In the 76th minute, Manchester City's 徐坤扬 dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. 徐坤扬 might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dawid Damaski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 徐坤扬 ran back to his position shaking his head. When Manchester City's 徐坤扬 in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Piotrków Trybunalski's goalie prevented a goal. 徐坤扬's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 88thth minute, Dawid Damaski skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Delmiro Filipo was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 89 minutes had been played. Delmiro Filipo kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. After 95 minutes, Jaroslaw Kempski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Piotrków Trybunalski and the Manchester City players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 95th match minute, Piotrków Trybunalski was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaroslaw Kempski to maneuver through the defense. Flavinho de Amorim's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 96thth minute, Dawid Damaski skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the final whistle sounded Manchester City left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Piotrków Trybunalski.