Prized/Friendly Cup

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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Helge Brun got the match started through his kick off. Helge Brun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 7 played minutes Eleven Nation Army got a freekick which was hit by Åke Ekelund. Qian Xing Wei was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Juliusz Kowalski. 10 minutes into the match, Åke Ekelund notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of KOLEJORZ POZNAŃ's Filipe Meireles. Filipe Meireles was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 12 minutes into the game, Helge Brun cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Filipe Meireles was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vincent Van Gogh in the 15th minute of play forced Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Qian Xing Wei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Filipe Meireles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viggo Lundkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Viggo Lundkvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Filipe Meireles was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. In the 21st minute Panda Komando shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qian Xing Wei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Juliusz Kowalski lost his temper 22 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 21 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for KOLEJORZ POZNAŃ! Filipe Meireles had in the 23rdth minute some difficulties stopping Åke Ekelund's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 23rd minute, Åke Ekelund left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eleven Nation Army fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Eleven Nation Army's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edgar Winnicki was slow to take the kick. During this time KOLEJORZ POZNAŃ's players had a chance to rest. In the 30th minute Åke Ekelund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filipe Meireles saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Filipe Meireles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Åke Ekelund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Eleven Nation Army's Viggo Lundkvist got a free kick in the 38th minute. In the 41stth minute KOLEJORZ POZNAŃ's Czeslaw Patora made a couple of brazen moves and fired away a shot to the left hand side of Eleven Nation Army's goalie, Qian Xing Wei, understanding what was about to happen, managed to get hold of the ball just before it went behind the net. A nice save by Qian Xing Wei. If Czeslaw Patora had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The KOLEJORZ POZNAŃ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Eleven Nation Army were winning 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Edgar Winnicki was the one to do the kick off. After some careless play in the Eleven Nation Army defense, Czeslaw Patora kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Qian Xing Wei. The Eleven Nation Army fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Qian Xing Wei should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgar Winnicki in the 60th minute of play forced Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Qian Xing Wei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edgar Winnicki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Qian Xing Wei tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Helge Brun got free with Filipe Meireles in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eleven Nation Army's Qian Xing Wei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgar Winnicki in the 75th minute of play. Czeslaw Patora recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Edgar Winnicki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Eleven Nation Army players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.