U23 World League

Sosnowiec Area
Spectators: 7477 (Terracing: 5609, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Chaouki Ben Rau kicked off to start the match. Minotauro's Duarte de Barros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chaouki Ben Rau in the 8th minute of play. A collision led to Minotauro getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Frank Senna hit a great ball. Duarte de Barros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chaouki Ben Rau, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frank Senna's late challenge caught a F.C. Sosnowiec's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Frank Senna helped the player get up and apologised. In the 24th minute, Frank Senna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. F.C. Sosnowiec's Aleksander Sobania quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Frank Senna, made in the 29th minute of the game. Zaaki 凌统's late challenge caught a Minotauro's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zaaki 凌统 helped the player get up and apologised. Zaaki 凌统 hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 32nd match minute, F.C. Sosnowiec was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juliusz Patrylo to maneuver through the defense. After 38 played minutes F.C. Sosnowiec got a freekick which was hit by Zaaki 凌统. Dominik Zworski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raphael Tepedino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edvin Vennerberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Duarte de Barros having to interfere. Duarte de Barros made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Chaouki Ben Rau sent off a good shot on target. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

After 51 played minutes Minotauro got a freekick which was hit by Romeu Sousa. After a rather tough play, Minotauro's Kiko Proença got a free kick in the 57th minute. Duarte de Barros stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edvin Vennerberg's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. The corner ended in Zaaki 凌统 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Minotauro's Duarte de Barros did a great save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Raphael Tepedino got free with Dominik Zworski in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Raphael Tepedino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Dominik Zworski made a huge save. In the 73rd minute Edvin Vennerberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duarte de Barros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Minotauro's Duarte de Barros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edvin Vennerberg in the 75th minute of play. Dominik Zworski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wellington Palmeira, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Duarte de Barros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edvin Vennerberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Minotauro's Duarte de Barros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaaki 凌统 in the 79th minute of play. When Kiko Proença fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Minotauro's protests and gave Kiko Proença a yellow card for diving instead. In the 82nd minute, Kiko Proença hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 84 minutes Minotauro's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zaaki 凌统 who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Edvin Vennerberg heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After some careless play in the Minotauro defense, Chaouki Ben Rau kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Duarte de Barros. The Minotauro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Duarte de Barros should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chaouki Ben Rau in the 91st minute of play forced Minotauro's goalkeeper Duarte de Barros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. F.C. Sosnowiec's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.