National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cyryl Kaczeniak started the match with the kick off. Laureano Karmel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyryl Kaczeniak, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Cyryl Kaczeniak might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Laureano Karmel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cyryl Kaczeniak ran back to his position shaking his head. Laureano Karmel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cyryl Kaczeniak in the 7th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cyryl Kaczeniak in the 10th minute of play forced Argentina's goalkeeper Laureano Karmel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aleksander Lukasik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulises Egun in the 11th minute of the match. Aleksander Lukasik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulises Egun in the 13th minute of the match. Laureano Karmel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cyryl Kaczeniak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aleksander Lukasik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abel Alfonso in the 17th minute of the match. After having played for 18 minutes, Ulises Egun managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Argentina's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ulises Egun was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aleksander Lukasik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulises Egun in the 20th minute of play. Laureano Karmel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cyryl Kaczeniak in the 22nd minute of the match. Aleksander Lukasik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulises Egun, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute Abel Alfonso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksander Lukasik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Laureano Karmel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cyryl Kaczeniak went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. The supporters of Poland booed when Argentina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ariel Garces didn't get a good kick on the ball. Leon Dudek shot from long distance in the 30th minute, but Laureano Karmel was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. 31 minutes into the match, Cyryl Kaczeniak dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Laureano Karmel, 2-0. Cyryl Kaczeniak succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 44th playminute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ulises Egun to make the kick off. Ariel Garces scored 3-1 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aleksander Lukasik, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Argentina's Laureano Karmel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cyryl Kaczeniak in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamin Ekain in the 57th minute of play forced Poland's goalkeeper Aleksander Lukasik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Cyryl Kaczeniak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Laureano Karmel was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Argentina's Benjamin Ekain got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Argentina's Jean-Luc Picard was substituted for Constantino Innocenzio. Argentina made a substitution. Silvestre Elorri replaced Ulises Egun. Argentina made a substitution. Sergio Pabla replaced Abel Alfonso. In the 66th minute Silvestre Elorri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksander Lukasik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 72 minutes Argentina's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Leon Dudek who took care of the corner kick. Poland's Leon Dudek was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Laureano Karmel in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Rogelio Quintun made in the 74th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Poland's Roland Galaska. Silvestre Elorri received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aleksander Lukasik came out and tried to block the shot, but Silvestre Elorri slotted it home off the left post making it 3-2 in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cyryl Kaczeniak in the 80th minute of play forced Argentina's goalkeeper Laureano Karmel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laureano Karmel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cyryl Kaczeniak in the 86th minute of the match. Aleksander Lukasik made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Silvestre Elorri sent off a good shot on target. 88 minutes into the match, Argentina's goal looked a bit too open when Cyryl Kaczeniak came free, but Laureano Karmel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 89th minute, Cyryl Kaczeniak 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. Poland's Aleksander Lukasik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergio Pabla in the 91st minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Poland's goal looked a bit too open when Sergio Pabla came free, but Aleksander Lukasik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Laureano Karmel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyryl Kaczeniak, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute.
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