Friendly League

Markowy Stadion
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Naci Kac made the kick off which started today's match. Artur Boruc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhu Yan Quan in the 3rd minute of play. After 7 minutes Victoria Toruń's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jaroslaw Rasimowicz who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Yu Yong Mo heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Victoria Toruń's Borys Poreda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Alcaraz in the 8th minute of play. 11 minutes into the game, Giedrius Domeika threw the ball into play from the sideline. Markowy Team's Yu Yong Mo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Markowy Team's Artur Boruc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Naci Kac in the 12th minute of play. Yu Yong Mo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Borys Poreda having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, Victoria Toruń's goalkeeper Borys Poreda had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mai Jian Xi. Carlos Alcaraz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Borys Poreda having to interfere. Carlos Alcaraz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Borys Poreda made a huge save. Pablo Marmol hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carlos Alcaraz got free with Borys Poreda in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Burt Burachek in the 27th minute of play forced Markowy Team's goalkeeper Artur Boruc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Carlos Alcaraz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zhu Yan Quan in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Artur Boruc prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Naci Kac in the 33rd minute of play forced Markowy Team's goalkeeper Artur Boruc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute Tomasz Wietrzychowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Borys Poreda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Victoria Toruń's goalkeeper Borys Poreda had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos Alcaraz. 42 minutes into the game, Victoria Toruń's Naci Kac nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Artur Boruc made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Victoria Toruń's Borys Poreda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Victoria Toruń from getting a goal against them. Borys Poreda was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Carlos Alcaraz showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 47 minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mai Jian Xi was the one to do the kick off. Victoria Toruń were awarded a corner in the 58th minute after Markowy Team's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Burt Burachek took the corner. In the 58th match minute Burt Burachek ran free in the middle of the field and shot a long shot which scored behind a totally surprised Artur Boruc. 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mai Jian Xi in the 62nd minute of play forced Victoria Toruń's goalkeeper Borys Poreda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute Zhu Yan Quan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artur Boruc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Borys Poreda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mai Jian Xi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 68 played minutes Markowy Team got a freekick which was hit by Aristides Mazuste. After some careless play in the Victoria Toruń defense, Mai Jian Xi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Borys Poreda. The Victoria Toruń fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Borys Poreda should have stopped the shot. Borys Poreda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mai Jian Xi in the 77th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dragolyub Dzhahov got free with Artur Boruc in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 80th minute, Pablo Marmol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pablo Marmol hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Jaroslaw Rasimowicz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Markowy Team's supporters rose to their feet, but Jaroslaw Rasimowicz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Borys Poreda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mai Jian Xi in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Borys Poreda prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mai Jian Xi in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Borys Poreda prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 86 minutes, Mai Jian Xi made it 3-2 with a short kick to the right side. Victoria Toruń's Borys Poreda tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Carlos Alcaraz came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Markowy Team 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 Carlos Alcaraz couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Markowy Team had won after a very even match.