U23 World League

Infernal Arena
Spectators: 7958 (Terracing: 5970, Seating: 1830, VIP seats: 158) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Oscar Cruz made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Jacksonville 67's Oscar Cruz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marian Chilavert narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some careless play in the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie defense, Oscar Cruz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marian Chilavert. The Zagłębie Dąbrowskie fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marian Chilavert should have stopped the shot. Heiko Pronk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gökçek Kolçak, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. King Batistuta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marian Chilavert having to interfere. Heiko Pronk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gökçek Kolçak, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Andy Pool hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. When Pieter-Jan Tonnis fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Jacksonville 67's protests and gave Pieter-Jan Tonnis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 23rd minute, one of Jacksonville 67:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Jacksonville 67. The goalkeeper, Heiko Pronk, was totally fooled by Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Grzegorz Jankowski, who 25 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Heiko Pronk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ömür Seyfeddin in the 30th minute of the match. A collision led to Jacksonville 67 getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Anthony Hanekamp hit a great ball. Heiko Pronk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gökçek Kolçak in the 33rd minute. In the 39th minute, Wincent Polkoski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ömür Seyfeddins short, quick shot in the 42ndth minute got Heiko Pronk to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Robert Fikkers charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Robert Fikkers the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Robert Fikkers kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. 47 minutes into the match, Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's goal looked a bit too open when King Batistuta came free, but Marian Chilavert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gökçek Kolçak was the one to do the kick off. Anthony Hanekamp hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. When Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Gökçek Kolçak in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Jacksonville 67's goalie prevented a goal. Ömür Seyfeddin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Heiko Pronk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when King Batistuta got free with Marian Chilavert in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 57 minutes Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Freek Wander who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Freek Wander almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Marian Chilavert did a great save. Heiko Pronk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karol Biskupiak in the 60th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gökçek Kolçak in the 66th minute of play forced Jacksonville 67's goalkeeper Heiko Pronk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Zagłębie Dąbrowskie getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Kajetan Duszenski hit a great ball. In the 69th minute, Jacksonville 67's King Batistuta ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marian Chilavert. Marian Chilavert yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. Heiko Pronk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gökçek Kolçak in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st match minute, Jacksonville 67 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robert Fikkers to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Jacksonville 67 booed when Zagłębie Dąbrowskie was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Grzegorz Jankowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. 96 minutes into the match, Jacksonville 67's goal looked a bit too open when Gökçek Kolçak came free, but Heiko Pronk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jacksonville 67's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.