U21 World League

HSB Arena
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lucas Baladi kicked off to start the match. Sergio Txurio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 6 minutes, Ksawery Wozniak mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Olimpia HSB and the El ABUELO FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Olimpia HSB getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Ksawery Wozniak hit a great ball. The supporters of El ABUELO FC booed when Olimpia HSB was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wojciech Motowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 20th minute, Sergio Txurio 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. After some careless play in the Olimpia HSB defense, Sergio Txurio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benedykt Olchowy. The Olimpia HSB fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benedykt Olchowy should have stopped the shot. Sylwester Merski hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. 35 minutes into the match, Olimpia HSB's goal looked a bit too open when Lucas Baladi came free, but Benedykt Olchowy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, El ABUELO FC's Walt Samuel got a free kick in the 35th minute. After 40 played minutes, Olimpia HSB's Wojciech Motowski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Raul Gar came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Olimpia HSB reached it. Raul Gar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ksawery Wozniak, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. After a rather tough play, Olimpia HSB's Aureliusz Fetor got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute of the match Nicanor Maidana shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benedykt Olchowy showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ksawery Wozniak got free with Raul Gar in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zula Kasiewski was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Izydor Jucha in the 52nd minute of play forced El ABUELO FC's goalkeeper Raul Gar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 54 minutes into the game, when Tomasz Sliwinski put in a rough tackle. In the 54th match minute, Olimpia HSB was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomasz Sliwinski to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Olimpia HSB's zone, Dionisio Ortzi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benedykt Olchowy came out of the goal and Dionisio Ortzi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 59th minute, El ABUELO FC's Mateo Berart seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Mateo Berart the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of El ABUELO FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Mateo Berart had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 59th match minute, El ABUELO FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mateo Berart to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ksawery Wozniak in the 71st minute of play forced El ABUELO FC's goalkeeper Raul Gar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes into the match, El ABUELO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zula Kasiewski came free, but Raul Gar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. El ABUELO FC's Raul Gar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dariusz Lizewski in the 82nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Olimpia HSB's Daniel Barciniak got a free kick in the 86th minute. Olimpia HSB's Dariusz Lizewski got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.