Friendly League

Kazimierza Deyny
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cheng Chao started the match with the kick off. Mariusz Jop got a throw-in 4 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Bogdan Poreda. Turbo Koksy's Patryk Ranc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cezary Kucharski in the 8th minute of play. If Bogdan Poreda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 19 minutes into the match, Legia Warszawa 【L】's goal looked a bit too open when Cheng Chao came free, but Lech Latkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Legia Warszawa 【L】's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cyprian Hajduk was slow to take the kick. During this time Turbo Koksy's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Legia Warszawa 【L】's goalie and right to Barney Kohler. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Legia Warszawa 【L】's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cheng Chao in the 24th minute of play forced Legia Warszawa 【L】's goalkeeper Lech Latkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Lech Latkiewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cheng Chao in the 25th minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Legia Warszawa 【L】's goal looked a bit too open when Cheng Chao came free, but Lech Latkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Turbo Koksy's Patryk Ranc proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Turbo Koksy from getting a goal against them. Lech Latkiewicz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cheng Chao's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. If Cheng Chao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Lech Latkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cheng Chao in the 33rd minute of play. Cezary Kucharski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Patryk Ranc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by Turbo Koksy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bogdan Poreda was slow to take the kick. During this time Legia Warszawa 【L】's players had a chance to rest. Bogdan Poreda made a great header on Legia Warszawa 【L】's corner, it was just that Turbo Koksy's Patryk Ranc managed to reach the ball for a save. Cheng Chao blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lech Latkiewicz having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cheng Chao in the 42nd minute of play forced Legia Warszawa 【L】's goalkeeper Lech Latkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cezary Kucharski to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Poreda in the 52nd minute of play forced Turbo Koksy's goalkeeper Patryk Ranc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 52nd match minute, Legia Warszawa 【L】 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mariusz Jop to maneuver through the defense. If Cheng Chao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Lech Latkiewicz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cheng Chao in the 57th minute. If Esteve Crespin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Turbo Koksy's Olgierd Fronczak was substituted for Cheng Chao. Patryk Ranc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogdan Poreda, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Lech Latkiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olgierd Fronczak in the 68th minute of the match. In the 69th minute, Virgilio Willett hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Lech Latkiewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Legia Warszawa 【L】 from getting a goal against them. After 72 played minutes Turbo Koksy got a freekick which was hit by Artur Frankowski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Poreda in the 73rd minute of play forced Turbo Koksy's goalkeeper Patryk Ranc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes into the match, Turbo Koksy's goal looked a bit too open when Bogdan Poreda came free, but Patryk Ranc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Olgierd Fronczak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Lech Latkiewicz made a huge save. In the 86th match minute, Turbo Koksy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Frankowski to maneuver through the defense. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Dariusz Mierzwa was substituted for Lech Trac. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Tạ Mara was substituted for Szymon Grunwalski. In the 87th match minute, Turbo Koksy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Frankowski to maneuver through the defense. 91 minutes into the match, Turbo Koksy's goal looked a bit too open when Cezary Kucharski came free, but Patryk Ranc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Legia Warszawa 【L】 were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Turbo Koksy for a fine match.