Friendly League

Kalahari Desert
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fabio Rapa took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nathan Sant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maciej Haszczak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Meerkats FC's Timothy De Battista got a free kick in the 14th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Meerkats FC's zone, Maciej Haszczak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nathan Sant came out of the goal and Maciej Haszczak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Antoine Miggiani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maksymilian Bury having to interfere. After 19 minutes, Fabio Rapa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Meerkats FC and the Szczakowianka players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Meerkats FC's Fabio Rapa got a free kick in the 19th minute. 21 minutes into the game, Szczakowianka's Maciej Haszczak nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nathan Sant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Timothy De Battista received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Maksymilian Bury came out and tried to block the shot, but Timothy De Battista slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 29th minute. In the 33rd minute, Szczepan Dropinski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Szczakowianka's Maksymilian Bury played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabio Rapa in the 34th minute of play. Nathan Sant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slawomir Adamowicz in the 36th minute of the match. After 39 minutes, Maciej Haszczak made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. Meerkats FC's Nathan Sant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Meerkats FC getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Timothy De Battista hit a great ball. In the 44th minute, Julian Waselewicz 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. Julian Waselewicz's late challenge caught a Meerkats FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Julian Waselewicz helped the player get up and apologised. Julian Waselewicz hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After 46 minutes of play, Szczakowianka's Maciej Haszczak made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nathan Sant was left in no man's land by his defense there!

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Maciej Haszczak made a kick off. A collision led to Szczakowianka getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Maciej Haszczak hit a great ball. If Antoine Miggiani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 63 minutes, Maciej Haszczak put it in 1-5 from a short distance just to the right of Nathan Sant. Maciej Haszczak charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Maciej Haszczak the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Meerkats FC made a substitution. Alfred Pavia replaced Stephan Duca. Maciej Haszczak kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. The supporters of Meerkats FC booed when Szczakowianka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomasz Burdzel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Maciej Haszczak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Nathan Sant made a huge save. Nathan Sant was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Maciej Haszczak showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-6 in the 92 minute of play. Nathan Sant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Waselewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute.