U23 World League

Monumental Arena
Spectators: 7770 (Terracing: 5828, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) Arévalo Miñaca made the kick off and thus started the match. Sylwester Chazon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arévalo Miñaca in the 4th minute of play. A hard shot 5 in the game by Arévalo Miñaca from a close distance when the talented Sylwester Chazon managed to make a qualified save. Pretoria Gostyń's players were relieved. The supporters of Barcelona de América booed when Pretoria Gostyń was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ludomir Posadzki didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 12th minute Arévalo Miñaca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sylwester Chazon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 14 in the game by Arévalo Miñaca from a close distance when the talented Sylwester Chazon managed to make a qualified save. Pretoria Gostyń's players were relieved. Emiliano Urbilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Biskupiak in the 18th minute of the match. Sylwester Chazon was out of position in the 21 minute of play, and Arévalo Miñaca capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Arévalo Miñaca really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. After 28 minutes Barcelona de América's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Norbert Zdanowicz who took care of the corner kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arévalo Miñaca in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sylwester Chazon prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Emiliano Urbilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Piotr Jucha in the 33rd minute of the match. Barcelona de América's Emiliano Urbilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Piotr Jucha in the 33rd minute of play. The supporters of Pretoria Gostyń booed when Barcelona de América was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jérémy Sarmiento didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jérémy Sarmiento in the 40th minute of play forced Pretoria Gostyń's goalkeeper Sylwester Chazon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sylwester Chazon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jérémy Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Barcelona de América's Emiliano Urbilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Biskupiak in the 46th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Barcelona de América's zone, Julian Biskupiak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emiliano Urbilla came out of the goal and Julian Biskupiak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

In the 54th minute, Félix Torres hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 56th minute Jérémy Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sylwester Chazon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Barcelona de América's Jérémy Sarmiento in 56 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Sylwester Chazon guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Jérémy Sarmiento hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. After 77 played minutes Pretoria Gostyń got a freekick which was hit by Alfred Drapinski. 77 minutes into the game, Arévalo Miñaca cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Sylwester Chazon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sylwester Chazon stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arévalo Miñaca's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Barcelona de América were awarded a corner in the 83th minute after Pretoria Gostyń's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Félix Torres took the corner. A throw-in in the 85th minute of the game was made by Alfred Drapinski with Julian Biskupiak as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 87th minute, Jérémy Sarmiento ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sylwester Chazon was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Pretoria Gostyń's goalkeeper Sylwester Chazon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A sloppy throw-in by Alfred Drapinski in the 94th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Barcelona de América's Félix Torres. The Barcelona de América support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.