National Stadium
Spectators: 15924 (Terracing: 10000,
Seating: 5451, VIP seats: 473) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ulises Manex got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute, U21 Argentina's Ulises Manex ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Benedykt Jaworski. Benedykt Jaworski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. U21 Argentina's attentive Benito Fiz managed to snatch the ball when Jaroslaw Kaczynski made a throw-in in the 9th minute of the game. Ulises Manex could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Benedykt Jaworski made a huge save. If Ulises Manex had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Benedykt Jaworski made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Ulises Manex sent off a good shot on target. U21 Poland's Benedykt Jaworski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Poland from getting a goal against them. U21 Argentina's António Roma played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabian Tomaszewski in the 23rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fabian Tomaszewski in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg António Roma saved U21 Argentina from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wali Brama in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck António Roma prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Benito Fiz kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. In the 35th minute Wali Brama shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but António Roma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 37th minute, Wali Brama ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. António Roma was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. António Roma took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wali Brama, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the U21 Argentina defense, Fabian Tomaszewski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of António Roma. The U21 Argentina fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that António Roma should have stopped the shot. Rosendo Paez charged in rather forcefully in the 48th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rosendo Paez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to U21 Argentina getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Rosendo Paez hit a great ball. The audience held their breath when Fabian Tomaszewski in the 49th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the António Roma's left hand side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.
António Roma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wali Brama in the 54th minute of play. When Fraco Bilos came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the U21 Argentina 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 Fraco Bilos couldn't finish the play. In the 59th match minute, U21 Argentina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rosendo Paez to maneuver through the defense. António Roma made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Fabian Tomaszewski sent off a good shot on target. The throw-in from Mateusz Cash in the 62nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by U21 Argentina's Benito Fiz. U21 Poland's Benedykt Jaworski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benito Fiz in the 65th minute of play. Wali Brama could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but António Roma made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulises Manex in the 69th minute of play forced U21 Poland's goalkeeper Benedykt Jaworski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benedykt Jaworski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ulises Manex, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Poland's Benedykt Jaworski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ulises Manex in the 74th minute of play. In the 76th minute, Leandro Cuarto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. U21 Argentina made a substitution. Máximo Čapo replaced Leandro Cuarto. U21 Argentina made a substitution. Rigoberto Bernal replaced Ulises Manex. The supporters of U21 Poland booed when U21 Argentina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leandro Cuarto didn't get a good kick on the ball. U21 Argentina's António Roma played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ben Zynek in the 82nd minute of play. U21 Poland's Benedykt Jaworski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rigoberto Bernal in the 85th minute of play. Benedykt Jaworski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rigoberto Bernal in the 88th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the match, U21 Poland's goal looked a bit too open when Rigoberto Bernal came free, but Benedykt Jaworski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 90 minutes into the match, U21 Argentina's goal looked a bit too open when Wali Brama came free, but António Roma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U21 Argentina's António Roma played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabian Tomaszewski in the 91st minute of play. U21 Poland's Benedykt Jaworski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Honorio Hever in the 95th minute of play.
The U21 Poland supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing U21 Poland would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.
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