U18 League

Warmia Grajewo
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Soczewki Gliwice's Cezary Pacholewski started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Pankracy Kajder received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Witomir Kossakowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 10th minute Cezary Pacholewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mateusz Pisarcik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cezary Pacholewski hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. When Wit Maurycy fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Warmia Grajewo's protests and gave Wit Maurycy a yellow card for diving instead. Wit Maurycy kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. With 27 minutes on the clock, Filip Gieraltowski commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 26th minute of the game. One of Soczewki Gliwice:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Warmia Grajewo:s goal. The goalkeeper, Witomir Kossakowski, was totally fooled by Warmia Grajewo's Marian Zima, who 29 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 31st minute, Zygmunt Barniszke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zbyszko Bara hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Mateusz Pisarcik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cezary Pacholewski in the 35th minute of the match. A collision led to Warmia Grajewo getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Wit Maurycy hit a great ball. Soczewki Gliwice's Cezary Pacholewski couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 38th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Warmia Grajewo. Cezary Pacholewski might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mateusz Pisarcik. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cezary Pacholewski ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 42nd match minute, Warmia Grajewo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pankracy Kajder to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Franciszek Czempa made a kick off. Warmia Grajewo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marian Zima in the 56th minute. Cezary Pacholewski took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mateusz Pisarcik. Mateusz Pisarcik dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. The supporters of Warmia Grajewo booed when Soczewki Gliwice was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marek Walec didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cezary Pacholewskis short, quick shot in the 76thth minute got Mateusz Pisarcik to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After some careless play in the Warmia Grajewo defense, Cezary Pacholewski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mateusz Pisarcik. The Warmia Grajewo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mateusz Pisarcik should have stopped the shot. Zbyszek Marchewka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Mateusz Pisarcik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zula Smolarek kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Witomir Kossakowski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Franciszek Czempa's shot from short distance in the 96th minute. The audience was convinced that Franciszek Czempa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Witomir Kossakowski was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. The Soczewki Gliwice 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.