High Ground
Spectators: 7717 (Terracing: 5789,
Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) Santos Lazcano took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wawrzyniec Plucinik. Wawrzyniec Plucinik dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Wawrzyniec Plucinik stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Santos Lazcano's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bernabe Normando in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wawrzyniec Plucinik prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 11 minutes into the match, PTB Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Santos Lazcano came free, but Wawrzyniec Plucinik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute, one of PTB Football Club:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for PTB Football Club. In the 14th minute there was a penalty for OLYMPIACOS FC. Haroldo Etxahun stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Wawrzyniec Plucinik. 0-2. In the 19thth minute of the game Santos Lazcano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PTB Football Club's Wawrzyniec Plucinik was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With an all-out effort, PTB Football Club's Ovidio Oto threw himself towards the right post 22 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kajetan Budzyn, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Kajetan Budzyn took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Ovidio Oto to make any attempt to save it. Witalis Malik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ovidio Oto having to interfere. 32 minutes into the game, Marcin Bugajski recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ovidio Oto. Marcin Bugajski showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. When Roman Klejnowski came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the PTB Football Club fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Roman Klejnowski couldn't finish the play. Ovidio Oto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcin Bugajski in the 36th minute of the match. Ovidio Oto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcin Bugajski in the 38th minute. In the 40th minute, PTB Football Club's Witalis Malik ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ovidio Oto. Ovidio Oto yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. 45 minutes into the match, PTB Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Santos Lazcano came free, but Wawrzyniec Plucinik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 46th minute of the game. One of PTB Football Club:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of OLYMPIACOS FC:s goal. Wawrzyniec Plucinik had in the 48thth minute some difficulties stopping Haroldo Etxahun's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 48 minutes into the game, Haroldo Etxahun cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Wawrzyniec Plucinik was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 3-3 after a close first half.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Santos Lazcano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Andres Mateo charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Andres Mateo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 54 played minutes OLYMPIACOS FC got a freekick which was hit by Andres Mateo. 59 minutes into the match, OLYMPIACOS FC's goal looked a bit too open when Witalis Malik came free, but Ovidio Oto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 60 minutes into the game, PTB Football Club's Marcin Bugajski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ovidio Oto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-3. Ovidio Oto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roman Klejnowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. After a rather tough play, PTB Football Club's Marcin Bugajski got a free kick in the 69th minute. After 70 played minutes, OLYMPIACOS FC's Haroldo Etxahun shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Wawrzyniec Plucinik came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in OLYMPIACOS FC reached it. After 78 minutes of play, OLYMPIACOS FC's Santos Lazcano made it 4-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wawrzyniec Plucinik was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 82 played minutes PTB Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Michal Wierzbicki. Santos Lazcano might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Wawrzyniec Plucinik. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Santos Lazcano ran back to his position shaking his head. PTB Football Club walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.
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