World League

Murrayfield
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Radomir Fabiszak took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some careless play in the Rangers FC defense, Radomir Fabiszak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fergus Fairbairn. The Rangers FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fergus Fairbairn should have stopped the shot. 12 minutes into the game, KSF Racovia Częstochowa's Radomir Fabiszak nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fergus Fairbairn made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. In the 14th match minute, Rangers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stevie McGilvray to maneuver through the defense. 17 minutes into the game, KSF Racovia Częstochowa's Radomir Fabiszak nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fergus Fairbairn made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Artur Juchno might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fergus Fairbairn. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Artur Juchno ran back to his position shaking his head. Fergus Fairbairn stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Radomir Fabiszak's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. After a rather tough play, KSF Racovia Częstochowa's A.J. 张飞 got a free kick in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute, Marian Koprowski made a precise shot to the right of Fergus Fairbairn. Rangers FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. In the 29th minute, A.J. 张飞 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KSF Racovia Częstochowa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. Rangers FC's Fergus Fairbairn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artur Juchno in the 32nd minute of play. After 33 minutes of play, KSF Racovia Częstochowa's Radomir Fabiszak made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fergus Fairbairn was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 38th minute, Eddie Majman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fergus Fairbairn was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. In the 41st minute, A.J. 张飞 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KSF Racovia Częstochowa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-9. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-9.

A.J. 张飞 struck a weak shot in the 53rd minute. Fergus Fairbairn didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for KSF Racovia Częstochowa. 55 minutes into the match, Artur Juchno had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fergus Fairbairn. Rangers FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Artur Juchno was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-10. Fergus Fairbairn didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marian Koprowski went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-11 was the resulting score. Franciszek Wydrych took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Connor Alsop, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 63 minutes into the match, Rangers FC's goalkeeper Fergus Fairbairn had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Artur Juchno. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ronan McLaws during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ronan McLaws hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Fergus Fairbairn came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by KSF Racovia Częstochowa's A.J. 张飞. But to his dismay, A.J. 张飞 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-12. A collision led to KSF Racovia Częstochowa getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Eddie Majman hit a great ball. After 69 played minutes KSF Racovia Częstochowa got a freekick which was hit by Eddie Majman. Franciszek Wydrych didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Danny Gilespie went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-12 was the resulting score. A collision led to Rangers FC getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Ronan McLaws hit a great ball. KSF Racovia Częstochowa were awarded a corner in the 76th minute after Rangers FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Radomir Fabiszak took the corner. A very nice done corner allowed Marian Koprowski to score against Fergus Fairbairn in Rangers FC's goal. 1-13 after 77 minutes. 80 minutes into the game, Radomir Fabiszak cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-14. Fergus Fairbairn was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fergus Fairbairn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacek Kaczynski, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marian Koprowski got free with Fergus Fairbairn in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fergus Fairbairn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacek Kaczynski, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as KSF Racovia Częstochowa's Marian Koprowski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fergus Fairbairn. That made the score 1-15 after 89 minutes of play. In the 92nd minute, Artur Juchno reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fergus Fairbairn. The goal made the score 1-16. Rangers FC's Fergus Fairbairn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radomir Fabiszak in the 96th minute of play. The Rangers FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. KSF Racovia Częstochowa were clearly better and deserved to take the win.