Friendly League

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Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Erubiel Justin took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mike Hoeybroeck in the 3rd minute of play forced ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Meelis Vananurm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Konrad Knopek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Meelis Vananurm tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konrad Knopek in the 7th minute of play forced ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Meelis Vananurm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute Konrad Knopek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Meelis Vananurm saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 12 minutes into the game, Konrad Knopek cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Meelis Vananurm was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mike Hoeybroeck in the 16th minute of play forced ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Meelis Vananurm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tony Vanbuyten made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erubiel Justin in the 20th minute. With his leg Tony Vanbuyten managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Erubiel Justin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Erubiel Justin's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 22ndth minute, Tony Vanbuyten skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Portus Ganda's Tony Vanbuyten played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcelo Abreu in the 23rd minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goal looked a bit too open when Konrad Knopek came free, but Meelis Vananurm reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Portus Ganda's Tony Vanbuyten played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maicon Pontes in the 27th minute of play. Tony Vanbuyten was out of position in the 27 minute of play, and Maicon Pontes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Maicon Pontes really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Marcelo Abreu kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Meelis Vananurm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Davi Sanches, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Tony Vanbuyten made an important save on a dangerous shot by Maicon Pontes in the 42nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Maicon Pontes got free with Tony Vanbuyten in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Konrad Knopek to strike the kick off in the second half. Portus Ganda's Tony Vanbuyten played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wasyl Zgonina in the 51st minute of play. 56 minutes into the game, Mieszko Wielgopolski threw the ball into play from the sideline. Portus Ganda's Mike Hoeybroeck quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Tony Vanbuyten showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelo Abreu, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Marcelo Abreu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Tony Vanbuyten tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erubiel Justin in the 61st minute of play forced Portus Ganda's goalkeeper Tony Vanbuyten to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Portus Ganda's Konrad Knopek got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 69 played minutes Portus Ganda got a freekick which was hit by Mike Hoeybroeck. 76 minutes into the game, Mieszko Wielgopolski threw the ball into play from the sideline. Portus Ganda's Mike Hoeybroeck quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The audience was convinced that Konrad Knopek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Meelis Vananurm was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Konrad Knopek succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-2 in the 83rd playminute. A collision led to Portus Ganda getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Florian Mondrowski hit a great ball. Marcin Wasilewski took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 88th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tony Vanbuyten. Portus Ganda's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 89th minute, Portus Ganda's Mike Hoeybroeck dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. Tony Vanbuyten showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maicon Pontes in the 94th minute of the match. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Portus Ganda had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.