King Artur Stadion
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116,
Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) MARTINETA's Carlos Cesaro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Radomiak Radom's attentive Leonard Mondrowski managed to snatch the ball when Marian Tuliszewski made a throw-in in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 8th minute MARTINETA were awarded a corner. Lv Qiang Xiao went to the cornerflag to take it. Enzo-Nicolás Madrid kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Hieronim Mentis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Cesaro in the 11th minute of play. A throw-in in the 13th minute of the game was made by Leonard Mondrowski with Enzo Furtado as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 15 minutes into the game, MARTINETA's Lv Qiang Xiao nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hieronim Mentis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Hieronim Mentis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carlos Cesaro went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 23 minutes into the match, Radomiak Radom's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Cesaro came free, but Hieronim Mentis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Radomiak Radom booed when MARTINETA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enzo-Nicolás Madrid didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bartolo Beliran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Wnukowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. MARTINETA's Bartolo Beliran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Wnukowski in the 31st minute of play. In the 37thth minute of the game Carlos Cesaro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Radomiak Radom's Hieronim Mentis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Leonard Mondrowski hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Bartolo Beliran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Wnukowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Radomiak Radom players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. MARTINETA were winning 0-2.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Robert Wnukowski made a kick off. In the 55th minute, Robert Wnukowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bartolo Beliran was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. MARTINETA's Marian Tuliszewski managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Leonard Mondrowski in the 58 minute of the game. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Radomiak Radom's goalkeeper Hieronim Mentis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 59th minute, MARTINETA's Carlos Cesaro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Hieronim Mentis. Hieronim Mentis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. In the 61st minute, Rafal Kaszubowski 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 Robert Wnukowski in the 64th minute of play forced MARTINETA's goalkeeper Bartolo Beliran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Lv Qiang Xiao had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hieronim Mentis. Radomiak Radom's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lv Qiang Xiao was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. MARTINETA made a substitution. Alexander Buonanno replaced Carlos Cesaro. 75 minutes into the game, Lv Qiang Xiao recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Hieronim Mentis. Lv Qiang Xiao showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-5. After some careless play in the MARTINETA defense, Robert Wnukowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bartolo Beliran. The MARTINETA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bartolo Beliran should have stopped the shot. Bartolo Beliran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Wnukowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Wnukowski in the 91st minute of play forced MARTINETA's goalkeeper Bartolo Beliran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute of the match Radomiak Radom got a corner. MARTINETA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Robert Wnukowski ran over to the corner to take the kick. Radomiak Radom's Hieronim Mentis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Radomiak Radom from getting a goal against them. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched MARTINETA eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.
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