Friendly League

Boundary Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when David Lindmark kicked off to start the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valter Abrahamsson got free with Beniamin Balkiewicz in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Oldham Athletic's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joachim Brodin in the 5th minute. After taking down the ball on Oldham Athletic's corner Joachim Brodin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Beniamin Balkiewicz quite easily take care of the ball. With his leg Beniamin Balkiewicz managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when Oldham Athletic's David Lindmark fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Thor Persson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wincenty Wiatrak in the 15th minute of play. After 16 minutes Oldham Athletic's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jacek Wozniak who took care of the corner kick. Jacek Wozniak made a great header on Hammer Zdanów's corner, it was just that Oldham Athletic's Thor Persson managed to reach the ball for a save. After 24 minutes, David Lindmark made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Hammer Zdanów's Beniamin Balkiewicz tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Oldham Athletic's Valter Abrahamsson got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thor Persson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfred Cuber, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Wincenty Wiatrak notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Oldham Athletic's Thor Persson. Thor Persson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Douglas Vennerdal in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Beniamin Balkiewicz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 35thth minute of the game David Lindmark who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hammer Zdanów's Beniamin Balkiewicz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Beniamin Balkiewicz was a little too slow when Per-Olof Högberg got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 36th minute. The score was now 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonardo Deckberg in the 39th minute of play forced Hammer Zdanów's goalkeeper Beniamin Balkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Oldham Athletic's zone, Jacek Wozniak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thor Persson came out of the goal and Jacek Wozniak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Beniamin Balkiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Lindmark in the 45th minute of the match. If Per-Olof Högberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Wincenty Wiatrak made a kick off. The audience was convinced that David Lindmark's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Beniamin Balkiewicz was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. After 57 played minutes Hammer Zdanów got a freekick which was hit by Alfred Cuber. Beniamin Balkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Lindmark in the 59th minute of play. When Oldham Athletic's David Lindmark in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hammer Zdanów's goalie prevented a goal. Beniamin Balkiewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Lindmark, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. If David Lindmark had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. David Lindmark sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Oldham Athletic's Joacim Strand was substituted for Per-Olof Högberg. Oldham Athletic's Arman Gregersson was substituted for David Lindmark. In the 73rd minute, Radomil Kicia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A sloppy throw-in by Leonardo Deckberg in the 76th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Hammer Zdanów's Lech Basinski. 82 minutes into the match, Hammer Zdanów's goal looked a bit too open when Joacim Strand came free, but Beniamin Balkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arman Gregersson succeeded in the game's 84th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-1. Wincenty Wiatrak kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Beniamin Balkiewicz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arman Gregersson's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. Wincenty Wiatrak's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Thor Persson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. In the 95th minute Arman Gregersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Beniamin Balkiewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oldham Athletic's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.