Friendly League

Stephen A Smith IP
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Olgun Oktay got the match started through his kick off. Kristian Modig showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brion Murphy in the 3rd minute of the match. FC Wingspan's attentive Cristian-Federico Overman managed to snatch the ball when Vehdi Abanoz made a throw-in in the 7th minute of the game. If Gwidon Babicki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 8 minutes into the match, COPERNICUS TORUŃ's goal looked a bit too open when Gwidon Babicki came free, but Gordon Horgan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tahsin Atacan in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kristian Modig saved FC Wingspan from getting behind. Kristian Modig made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olgun Oktay in the 13th minute of play. Kristian Modig showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brion Murphy, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brion Murphy in the 35th minute of play forced FC Wingspan's goalkeeper Kristian Modig to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Bradner McCready in the 37th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by FC Wingspan's Nuno Caires. Bradner McCready made in the 40th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Brion Murphy however managed to control. A sloppy throw-in by Bradner McCready in the 44th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by FC Wingspan's Nuno Caires. Kristian Modig made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tahsin Atacan in the 46th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bradner McCready during the 47th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Bradner McCready kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gwidon Babicki stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to COPERNICUS TORUŃ getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Artuir Ramsey hit a great ball. COPERNICUS TORUŃ's Gordon Horgan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gwidon Babicki in the 58th minute of play. Gordon Horgan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gwidon Babicki, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Kristian Modig made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vehdi Abanoz in the 63rd minute. With a little luck, FC Wingspan's Kristian Modig got control of the ball when Olgun Oktay tried to sneak it across the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, FC Wingspan's goal looked a bit too open when Brion Murphy came free, but Kristian Modig reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Gwidon Babicki came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the FC Wingspan 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 Gwidon Babicki couldn't finish the play. 76 minutes into the match, FC Wingspan's goalkeeper Kristian Modig had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Brion Murphy. Gwidon Babicki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Gordon Horgan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Cristian-Federico Overman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kristian Modig took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tahsin Atacan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 89 minutes, Cristian-Federico Overman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Wingspan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian-Federico Overman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 96th minute Gwidon Babicki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gordon Horgan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. COPERNICUS TORUŃ were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.