Friendly League

Gabisiowo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eugeniusz Kolbert got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Ekipa Gabi's Barnaba Lamczyk dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Boguslaw Trynda hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barnaba Lamczyk in the 10th minute of play forced MKS Maczka's goalkeeper Napoleon Gondela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Eugeniusz Kolbert's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ksawery Raflewski was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. After having played for 16 minutes, Miroslaw Kasiewski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MKS Maczka's supporters crossed their fingers, but Miroslaw Kasiewski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bartosz Olejarz's late challenge caught a MKS Maczka's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bartosz Olejarz helped the player get up and apologised. After 17 played minutes Ekipa Gabi got a freekick which was hit by Bartosz Olejarz. When Eugeniusz Kolbert came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the MKS Maczka 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 Eugeniusz Kolbert couldn't finish the play. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ekipa Gabi's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Boruc Kaszubik was slow to take the kick. During this time MKS Maczka's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Miroslaw Jaworski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ksawery Raflewski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ekipa Gabi's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Boruc Kaszubik was slow to take the kick. During this time MKS Maczka's players had a chance to rest. Ksawery Raflewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugeniusz Kolbert in the 42nd minute of the match. Eugeniusz Kolbert sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Ksawery Raflewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eugeniusz Kolbert, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. In the 58th minute, Ekipa Gabi's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Miroslaw Kasiewski fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Wasyl Glaza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Ksawery Raflewski made a huge save. After 65 played minutes Ekipa Gabi got a freekick which was hit by Zachary Pankowski. Ksawery Raflewski stood somewhat misplaced when Eugeniusz Kolbert came free in front of goal and shot 1-5 to the left of him in the 66 minute. Barnaba Lamczyk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Napoleon Gondela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Barnaba Lamczyk in the 72nd minute of play. After 83 played minutes MKS Maczka got a freekick which was hit by Zula Drozdowski. 86 minutes into the game, Wasyl Glaza was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. MKS Maczka's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ekipa Gabi the free kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in MKS Maczka fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 85th minute. Penalty! MKS Maczka:s Napoleon Gondela showed great skill when he stopped Barnaba Lamczyk:s penalty. With his leg Ksawery Raflewski managed to avoid a goal in the 93rdth minute, when MKS Maczka's Miroslaw Kasiewski fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 95th minute, Boguslaw Trynda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, MKS Maczka's Boruc Kaszubik tried to score from far away in the 96th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Eugeniusz Kolbert fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ksawery Raflewski having to interfere. MKS Maczka played a much better game than Ekipa Gabi and deserved their victory. The Ekipa Gabi players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.