U23 World League

上海体育场
Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Valter Festas charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valter Festas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th minute, Valter Festas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 庄南潮 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valter Festas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Valter Festas in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 庄南潮 saved 上海卢湾飞箭代表队 from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Valter Festas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 庄南潮 was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. After 16 minutes 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rafal Gmoch who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Rafal Gmoch almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's 庄南潮 did a great save. After 18 minutes, Zachary Naskrent made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's 庄南潮 tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Rafal Gmoch's late challenge caught a 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rafal Gmoch helped the player get up and apologised. MKS Legion Częstochowa's Paco Dean played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 潘荣振 in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zachary Naskrent in the 24th minute of play forced 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's goalkeeper 庄南潮 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 庄南潮 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valter Festas in the 27th minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's goal looked a bit too open when Valter Festas came free, but 庄南潮 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Czeslaw Kostrzewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when 潘荣振 got free with Paco Dean in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Valter Festas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 庄南潮 having to interfere. The supporters of 上海卢湾飞箭代表队 booed when MKS Legion Częstochowa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kajetan Pietrowiak didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by 潘荣振 in the 45th minute of play forced MKS Legion Częstochowa's goalkeeper Paco Dean to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half MKS Legion Częstochowa were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

庄南潮 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valter Festas in the 51st minute of the match. When 狄铮西 fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's protests and gave 狄铮西 a yellow card for diving instead. After 53 played minutes 上海卢湾飞箭代表队 got a freekick which was hit by 狄铮西. Paco Dean made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 潘荣振 in the 59th minute of play. If Zachary Naskrent had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 庄南潮 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valter Festas in the 62nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, MKS Legion Częstochowa's Roch Lodowy got a free kick in the 68th minute. Paco Dean took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 狄铮西, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When MKS Legion Częstochowa's Zachary Naskrent in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's goalie prevented a goal. In the 81st minute, Rafal Gmoch hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paco Dean made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 傅振迅 in the 82nd minute of play. Zachary Naskrent received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. 庄南潮 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 85 played minutes MKS Legion Częstochowa got a freekick which was hit by Krzysztof Jajecznica. In the 89th minute, Zachary Naskrent 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. In the 91st minute, Hamza Erzincanlı ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paco Dean was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 狄铮西 scored 2-1 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Paco Dean, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. For all the effort they put into the match, the MKS Legion Częstochowa players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for 上海卢湾飞箭代表队.