Friendly League

Gabisiowo
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hristo Stoichkov started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Hristo Stoichkov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Janusz Jakubiak was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience was convinced that Hristo Stoichkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Janusz Jakubiak was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. 16 minutes into the game, Athletico Picapedrense's Hristo Stoichkov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Janusz Jakubiak made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Janusz Jakubiak came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Athletico Picapedrense's Coronel Ribas. But to his dismay, Coronel Ribas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. 23 minutes into the game, Athletico Picapedrense's Hristo Stoichkov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Janusz Jakubiak made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Hristo Stoichkov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Janusz Jakubiak read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ekipa Gabi's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Juanito Gabucio was slow to take the kick. During this time Athletico Picapedrense's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Eloi Fontanella managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Damian Czech fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jesus Sayveon having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Eloi Fontanella managed to get in a good position for a shot. Athletico Picapedrense's supporters rose to their feet, but Eloi Fontanella was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Janusz Jakubiak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hristo Stoichkov took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Janusz Jakubiak. Janusz Jakubiak dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. After 38 minutes of play, Athletico Picapedrense's Hristo Stoichkov made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Janusz Jakubiak was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hristo Stoichkov took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Janusz Jakubiak. Janusz Jakubiak dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-9. Janusz Jakubiak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hristo Stoichkov in the 46th minute of the match. The Ekipa Gabi players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Athletico Picapedrense were winning 0-9.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Barnaba Lamczyk to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Ekipa Gabi's zone, Coronel Ribas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Janusz Jakubiak came out of the goal and Coronel Ribas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 55 minutes into the match, Athletico Picapedrense's Hristo Stoichkov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Janusz Jakubiak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 55th match minute, Ekipa Gabi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damian Czech to maneuver through the defense. Athletico Picapedrense made a substitution. Eren Berbatov replaced Lorenzo Jubera. After a rather tough play, Ekipa Gabi's Damian Czech got a free kick in the 56th minute. In the 58th match minute, Ekipa Gabi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boguslaw Trynda to maneuver through the defense. The Athletico Picapedrense fans' excitement grew in the 61st match minute when Athletico Picapedrense's Hristo Stoichkov looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-10 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Hristo Stoichkov put it in 0-11 from a short distance just to the right of Janusz Jakubiak. Athletico Picapedrense's Zenon Klewinski was substituted for Horaţiu Crăiță. Zenon Klewinski in the 71stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Janusz Jakubiak, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Jesus Sayveon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zachary Pankowski in the 72nd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Hristo Stoichkov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Janusz Jakubiak. That made the score 0-12 in the 74 minute of play. Hristo Stoichkov kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Athletico Picapedrense's Claudio Zárate was substituted for Hristo Stoichkov. In the 77th match minute, Athletico Picapedrense was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hristo Stoichkov to maneuver through the defense. Eloi Fontanella received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Janusz Jakubiak came out and tried to block the shot, but Eloi Fontanella slotted it home off the left post making it 0-14 in the 83rd minute. A collision led to Ekipa Gabi getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Barnaba Lamczyk hit a great ball. In the 86th minute, Athletico Picapedrense's Eloi Fontanella dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-15. Janusz Jakubiak was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Eloi Fontanella capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Eloi Fontanella really showed his touch with that goal: 0-16. After 93 minutes, Eloi Fontanella made it 0-17 with a short kick to the right side. Ekipa Gabi's Janusz Jakubiak tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Athletico Picapedrense's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.