Friendly League

Stars Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Barnaba Bugajski started the match with the kick off. After 6 minutes of play, Manchester United FC's Taito Tuulola made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roland Marchlewicz was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd rose to their feet as Ignacy Pietrowski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Juha Jokiranta. That made the score 1-1 in the 10 minute of play. In the 13th minute, Erik Cantona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manchester United FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. In the 17th minute of the match, Ignacy Pietrowski got a very nice opportunity to score, but Juha Jokiranta was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 20th minute of the game. One of Manchester United FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC Mazovia:s goal. In the 23rd match minute, Manchester United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Taito Tuulola to maneuver through the defense. 25 minutes into the game, Erik Cantona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Roland Marchlewicz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Roland Marchlewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erik Cantona in the 30th minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC Mazovia's Sylwester Kaczanek got a free kick in the 35th minute. When Manchester United FC's Taito Tuulola in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Mazovia's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, FC Mazovia's Alfred Gleba got a free kick in the 38th minute. Bartosz Kapinos charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bartosz Kapinos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FC Mazovia getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Bartosz Kapinos hit a great ball. Roland Marchlewicz came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Manchester United FC's Juha Vilmunen. But to his dismay, Juha Vilmunen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-4 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erik Cantona to make the kick off. Roland Marchlewicz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Erik Cantona went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. Juha Jokiranta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cezary Mios, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Roland Marchlewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Cantona in the 65th minute of the match. Ruud van Nistelrooij could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Roland Marchlewicz made a huge save. Roland Marchlewicz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ruud van Nistelrooij in the 70th minute. In the 73rd minute, Erik Cantona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roland Marchlewicz was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-6. In the 76thth minute of the game Juha Vilmunen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Mazovia's Roland Marchlewicz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Ruud van Nistelrooij had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ruud van Nistelrooij blasted a shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Roland Marchlewicz having to make a save. Taito Tuulola hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Roland Marchlewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erik Cantona in the 85th minute of play. In the 87th minute of the match Manchester United FC got a corner. FC Mazovia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Taito Tuulola ran over to the corner to take the kick. Juha Jokiranta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cezary Mios, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. FC Mazovia's Bartosz Kapinos got his second yellow card of the match in the 91st minute. The referee ordered Bartosz Kapinos off the ground. The supporters of Manchester United FC booed when FC Mazovia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bartosz Kapinos didn't get a good kick on the ball.