Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Antal Valentin kicked off to start the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 3rd minute of the game. One of Hungary:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Spartans Lodz:s goal. In the 8th minute, Takacs Tibor left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hungary fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. After some careless play in the Spartans Lodz defense, Hegedus Henrik kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Procopio Trespalacios. The Spartans Lodz fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Procopio Trespalacios should have stopped the shot. 18 minutes into the match, Hungary's Hegedus Henrik sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Procopio Trespalacios narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Major Barna struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Procopio Trespalacios didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hungary. A hard shot by Iwan Ostrowski from long distance, 24 minutes into the match, got Fodor Daniel's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Major Barna in the 25th minute of play forced Spartans Lodz's goalkeeper Procopio Trespalacios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Major Barna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Procopio Trespalacios tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Spartans Lodz booed when Hungary was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bakos Endre didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 33rd minute Major Barna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Procopio Trespalacios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Spartans Lodz's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antal Valentin was slow to take the kick. During this time Hungary's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Antal Valentin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Procopio Trespalacios quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Wojciech Pyrtek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 43rd minute Hegedus Henrik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Procopio Trespalacios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute of the game Bakos Endre made a throw-in which Balazs Lajos played forward. Antal Valentin took the ball and in the 48 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Procopio Trespalacios. Procopio Trespalacios dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The audience was convinced that Major Barna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Procopio Trespalacios was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Major Barna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Procopio Trespalacios tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wojciech Pyrtek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fodor Daniel having to interfere. When Wojciech Pyrtek came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Spartans Lodz 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 Wojciech Pyrtek couldn't finish the play. In the 62nd match minute, Spartans Lodz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Witold Pryputnicki to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Hegedus Henrik kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Procopio Trespalacios. That made the score 1-4 in the 64 minute of play. Major Barna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Procopio Trespalacios having to interfere. In the 69th minute Wojciech Pyrtek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Procopio Trespalacios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antal Valentin, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Spartans Lodz made a substitution. Borys Lepper replaced Wojciech Pyrtek. Borys Lepper might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fodor Daniel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Borys Lepper ran back to his position shaking his head. Procopio Trespalacios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Major Barna, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 82nd match minute, Spartans Lodz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulryk Wicherek to maneuver through the defense. Spartans Lodz made a substitution. Tolek Maziarski replaced Remigiusz Wierzchowski. After a rather tough play, Spartans Lodz's Ulryk Wicherek got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Procopio Trespalacios made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Major Barna sent off a good shot on target. Iwan Ostrowski's late challenge caught a Hungary's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Iwan Ostrowski helped the player get up and apologised. Iwan Ostrowski kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Major Barna managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hungary's supporters rose to their feet, but Major Barna was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Procopio Trespalacios breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match was over Hungary could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Spartans Lodz throughout the match.