U23 World League

Twierdza Piotrków
Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5583, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Grzegorz Juzda started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd minute, Mikolaj Figlewski 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grzegorz Juzda in the 6th minute of play forced Piotrków Trybunalski's goalkeeper Dawid Damaski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Marcin Cichowski fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Piotrków Trybunalski's protests and gave Marcin Cichowski a yellow card for diving instead. 10 minutes into the match, Red Army's goalkeeper Witold Ochylski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jaroslaw Kempski. Dawid Damaski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radowit Watarz in the 11th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radowit Watarz in the 13th minute of play forced Piotrków Trybunalski's goalkeeper Dawid Damaski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grzegorz Juzda in the 20th minute of play forced Piotrków Trybunalski's goalkeeper Dawid Damaski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. During the 21st minute of the match Marcin Cichowski completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Marcin Cichowski a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Piotrków Trybunalski's Marcin Cichowski got a free kick in the 21st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grzegorz Juzda in the 24th minute of play forced Piotrków Trybunalski's goalkeeper Dawid Damaski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Red Army's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Grzegorz Juzda in the 25th minute. The corner led Red Army's Grzegorz Juzda to fire away a dangerous shot which Dawid Damaski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Dawid Damaski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grzegorz Juzda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Radowit Watarz in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dawid Damaski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 31st minute of the game. One of Red Army:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Piotrków Trybunalski:s goal. When the match had been going on for 34 minutes, Piotrków Trybunalski's Damian Gleba got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Witold Ochylski. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Radowit Watarz sped through Piotrków Trybunalski's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dawid Damaski. 42 minutes into the match, Radowit Watarz notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Piotrków Trybunalski's Dawid Damaski. Dawid Damaski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Emil Debowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Radowit Watarzs short, quick shot in the 54thth minute got Dawid Damaski to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 59th match minute, Piotrków Trybunalski was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mikolaj Figlewski to maneuver through the defense. After 61 played minutes Red Army got a freekick which was hit by Emil Debowski. With his leg Dawid Damaski managed to avoid a goal in the 67thth minute, when Red Army's Radowit Watarz fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 68 minutes into the game, Red Army's Radowit Watarz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dawid Damaski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Piotrków Trybunalski's Dawid Damaski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Piotrków Trybunalski from getting a goal against them. 75 minutes into the game, Mieszko Czysta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Piotrków Trybunalski's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Red Army the free kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Grzegorz Juzda got free with Dawid Damaski in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Radowit Watarz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Radowit Watarz succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-5 in the 86th playminute. Radowit Watarz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Dawid Damaski made a huge save. Radowit Watarz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the final whistle sounded Red Army left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Piotrków Trybunalski.