U23 World League

Luis Emilio Casareto
Spectators: 7969 (Terracing: 5978, Seating: 1833, VIP seats: 158) Jakub Lukowski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Tobiasz Bejger came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Thunderstorm Riders fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tobiasz Bejger couldn't finish the play. Modesto Aresti came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Thunderstorm Riders's Jerzy Plachetka. But to his dismay, Jerzy Plachetka quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 11th minute, Jerzy Plachetka left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Thunderstorm Riders fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Modesto Aresti came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Thunderstorm Riders's Tobiasz Bejger. But to his dismay, Tobiasz Bejger quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. After some careless play in the La Z del ZORRO defense, Jakub Lukowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Modesto Aresti. The La Z del ZORRO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Modesto Aresti should have stopped the shot. 21 minutes into the match, Jerzy Plachetka had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Modesto Aresti. La Z del ZORRO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jerzy Plachetka was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Modesto Aresti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wladyslaw Gall in the 24th minute of play. After 25 minutes, Jakub Lukowski made it 0-6 with a short kick to the right side. La Z del ZORRO's Modesto Aresti tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 30th minute Jerzy Plachetka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Modesto Aresti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 31 minutes of play, Thunderstorm Riders's Wladyslaw Gall made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Modesto Aresti was left in no man's land by his defense there! Modesto Aresti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tobiasz Bejger in the 34th minute of the match. In the 36th minute, Borys Chazen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Modesto Aresti was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. Borys Chazen hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute, Jakub Lukowski made a precise shot to the right of Modesto Aresti. La Z del ZORRO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-9. Modesto Aresti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Piotr Redisz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-9 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Florentino Ralondo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Jerzy Plachetka dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Modesto Aresti, 0-10. Modesto Aresti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jakub Lukowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 57 minutes into the match, Jakub Lukowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Modesto Aresti. La Z del ZORRO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jakub Lukowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-11. Wladyslaw Gall received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Modesto Aresti came out and tried to block the shot, but Wladyslaw Gall slotted it home off the left post making it 0-12 in the 61st minute. With his leg Modesto Aresti managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when Thunderstorm Riders's Jerzy Plachetka fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 68 minutes into the match, Jakub Lukowski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Modesto Aresti, 0-13. Draš Tič took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Modesto Aresti. Modesto Aresti dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-14. Modesto Aresti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jakub Lukowski in the 75th minute. La Z del ZORRO's Modesto Aresti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save La Z del ZORRO from getting a goal against them. In the 78th minute, Draš Tič reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Modesto Aresti. The goal made the score 0-15. 80 minutes into the game, Pedro Matia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. La Z del ZORRO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Thunderstorm Riders the free kick. In the 81st minute, Pedro Matia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jakub Lukowski in the 81st minute of play forced La Z del ZORRO's goalkeeper Modesto Aresti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to La Z del ZORRO getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Camilo Vimaro hit a great ball. After 86 minutes, Jerzy Plachetka made it 0-16 with a short kick to the right side. La Z del ZORRO's Modesto Aresti tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Piotr Redisz took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Modesto Aresti. Modesto Aresti dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-17. Modesto Aresti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jakub Lukowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jerzy Plachetka could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Modesto Aresti made a huge save. When the match was over Thunderstorm Riders could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than La Z del ZORRO throughout the match.