U23 World League

Stadion Lachy
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Doni Tasso got the match started through his kick off. Klement Dranka came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by E.C.Pelotas's Luke Modrić. But to his dismay, Luke Modrić quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. E.C.Pelotas's Sobhy Paredes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save E.C.Pelotas from getting a goal against them. In the 22nd minute, Izydor Nowak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marian Furlit made a great header on Rokita Brzeg Dolny's corner, it was just that E.C.Pelotas's Sobhy Paredes managed to reach the ball for a save. Iwo Domin in the 31stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Sobhy Paredes, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Klement Dranka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Doni Tasso, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 34th minute, Wincenty Makowski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sobhy Paredes. The goal made the score 1-1. In the 36th minute, Alberto de Andrade hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sobhy Paredes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iwo Domin in the 38th minute. In the 45th minute Luke Modrić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Klement Dranka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Klement Dranka didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Samuel Tasso went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. The Rokita Brzeg Dolny players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. E.C.Pelotas were winning 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Iwo Domin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Rokita Brzeg Dolny getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Julian Mietus hit a great ball. Through an outstanding action, after 58 minutes, Klement Dranka successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Wincenty Makowski kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Doni Tasso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Klement Dranka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 71 minutes into the match, Rokita Brzeg Dolny's goalkeeper Klement Dranka had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Doni Tasso. The crowd rose to their feet as Doni Tasso kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Klement Dranka. That made the score 1-3 in the 71 minute of play. Luke Modrić's late challenge caught a Rokita Brzeg Dolny's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luke Modrić helped the player get up and apologised. Luke Modrić kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. If Jerzy Jajko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samuel Tasso in the 84th minute of play forced Rokita Brzeg Dolny's goalkeeper Klement Dranka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes into the match, Wincenty Makowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sobhy Paredes. E.C.Pelotas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wincenty Makowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Rokita Brzeg Dolny's Klement Dranka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luke Modrić in the 95th minute of play. The Rokita Brzeg Dolny supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching E.C.Pelotas's performance. The match ended with a win for E.C.Pelotas.