Friendly League

ARENA ELBLĄG
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the match, Karl Pointon notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Efraín Zercalde. Efraín Zercalde was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 8thth minute of the game Eddie Wittingham who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Efraín Zercalde was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Eddie Wittingham had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Efraín Zercalde stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eddie Wittingham's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. Efraín Zercalde took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eddie Wittingham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Efraín Zercalde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eddie Wittingham in the 19th minute of the match. In the 20th minute Eddie Wittingham shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Efraín Zercalde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Efraín Zercalde stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eddie Wittingham's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Efraín Zercalde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl Pointon in the 30th minute of play. Duncan Lynch made in the 32nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Edward Latkiewicz. In the 33rdth minute of the game Eddie Wittingham who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Efraín Zercalde was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of LIRA ELBLĄG SSA booed when Lisburn Distillery F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dominik Giertych didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 36th minute Eddie Wittingham shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Efraín Zercalde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's goal looked a bit too open when Eddie Wittingham came free, but Efraín Zercalde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Efraín Zercalde took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eddie Wittingham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lisburn Distillery F.C. were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Adrian Ruddock took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Neil Deacon got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Efraín Zercalde quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Eddie Wittingham's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Efraín Zercalde was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bogdan Nazaria made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Eddie Wittingham got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl Pointon in the 60th minute of play forced LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's goalkeeper Efraín Zercalde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 63 minutes into the match, Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Karl Pointon sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Efraín Zercalde narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Vinnie Talbot got a free kick in the 71st minute. 73 minutes into the match, LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's goalkeeper Efraín Zercalde had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eddie Wittingham. Eddie Wittinghams short, quick shot in the 75thth minute got Efraín Zercalde to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Eddie Wittingham came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Lisburn Distillery F.C. 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 Eddie Wittingham couldn't finish the play. A hard shot 81 in the game by Eddie Wittingham from a close distance when the talented Efraín Zercalde managed to make a qualified save. LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's players were relieved. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Eddie Wittingham in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Efraín Zercalde prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 84th match minute, LIRA ELBLĄG SSA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iwo Plech to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Eddie Wittingham in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Efraín Zercalde prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the final whistle sounded Lisburn Distillery F.C. left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than LIRA ELBLĄG SSA.