Challenge

Gabisiowo
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Barnaba Lamczyk made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the Ekipa Gabi defense, Rodrigo von Känel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tadeusz Walkowski. The Ekipa Gabi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tadeusz Walkowski should have stopped the shot. 7 minutes into the game, Damian Czech threw the ball into play from the sideline. Switzerland's Jacinto Maurer quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 8 played minutes Ekipa Gabi got a freekick which was hit by Pankracy Kosowski. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Beniamin Puzio during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 10th minute, Beniamin Puzio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Samuele Kunz, 11 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Tadeusz Walkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuele Kunz, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Damian Czech kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Hias Nüssli. That made the score 1-1 in the 15 minute of play. In the 18th minute, Samuele Kunz 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. 23 minutes into the match, Jacinto Maurer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tadeusz Walkowski. Ekipa Gabi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jacinto Maurer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. After a defensive mix-up in Ekipa Gabi's zone, Jacinto Maurer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tadeusz Walkowski came out of the goal and Jacinto Maurer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Boguslaw Trynda hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Samuele Kunz, 31 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. If Jacinto Maurer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 37 minutes into the match, Samuele Kunz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tadeusz Walkowski. Ekipa Gabi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Samuele Kunz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zula Fetor during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Tadeusz Walkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Samuele Kunz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 46th minute, Samuele Kunz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Switzerland fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. The Ekipa Gabi players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Switzerland were winning 1-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Samuele Kunz to strike the kick off in the second half. Ekipa Gabi's Zachary Pankowski got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 55 minutes into the game, Switzerland's Samuele Kunz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tadeusz Walkowski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Samuele Kunz took a quick shot and it went in 1-6 without a chance for Tadeusz Walkowski to make any attempt to save it. Zula Fetor got his second yellow card in the match during the 61st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After a rather tough play, Ekipa Gabi's Zula Fetor got a free kick in the 61st minute. Ekipa Gabi's Tadeusz Walkowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Ekipa Gabi from getting a goal against them. Samuele Kunz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Tadeusz Walkowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Barnaba Lamczyk in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hias Nüssli prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rodrigo von Känel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tadeusz Walkowski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. Rodrigo von Känel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tadeusz Walkowski having to interfere. A collision led to Ekipa Gabi getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Boguslaw Trynda hit a great ball. Tadeusz Walkowski acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 94th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Samuele Kunz. Switzerland's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.