Friendly League

RUSLIN ARENA
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zenon Kaczeniak kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Slava Ukraini booed when Orzeł Dąbie was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tanek Kostrzewski didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Zenon Kaczeniak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Orzeł Dąbie's goalkeeper Slobodan Ravelli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 12th minute, Amauri da Costa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Slava Ukraini fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 16th minute, Slava Ukraini's Yosif Bakrachev dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Slava Ukraini's Dmytro Novak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zenon Kaczeniak in the 20th minute of play. A hard shot 21 in the game by Marius Niculae from a close distance when the talented Slobodan Ravelli managed to make a qualified save. Orzeł Dąbie's players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amadeu Tasso in the 23rd minute of play forced Slava Ukraini's goalkeeper Dmytro Novak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stepan Tovkatskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Slobodan Ravelli having to interfere. Slobodan Ravelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yosif Bakrachev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zenon Kaczeniak in the 29th minute of play forced Slava Ukraini's goalkeeper Dmytro Novak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yosif Bakrachev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Slobodan Ravelli having to interfere. Marius Niculae sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 39 minutes into the match, Zenon Kaczeniak had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dmytro Novak. Slava Ukraini's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zenon Kaczeniak was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Slobodan Ravelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amauri da Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 46 minutes of play, Orzeł Dąbie's Amadeu Tasso made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dmytro Novak was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stepan Tovkatskiy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Olaf Oleszak charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Olaf Oleszak the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 53rd minute Stepan Tovkatskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Slobodan Ravelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marius Niculae in the 55th minute of play forced Orzeł Dąbie's goalkeeper Slobodan Ravelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Orzeł Dąbie's Slobodan Ravelli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amauri da Costa in the 65th minute of play. Slobodan Ravelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amauri da Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Orzeł Dąbie defense, Amauri da Costa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Slobodan Ravelli. The Orzeł Dąbie fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Slobodan Ravelli should have stopped the shot. Yosif Bakrachev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Slobodan Ravelli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dmytro Novak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Waldemar Czajkowski in the 81st minute of play. In the 82ndth minute of the game Amauri da Costa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Orzeł Dąbie's Slobodan Ravelli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rodion Orel hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. 93 minutes into the match, Amauri da Costa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Slobodan Ravelli. Orzeł Dąbie's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Amauri da Costa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-2. Slobodan Ravelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yosif Bakrachev in the 96th minute of the match. When the referee ended the match the Slava Ukraini players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.