Friendly League

Chorzowianka
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Marian Beninda kicked off to start the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hélio Vaz got free with Haralampi Kúrkelanov in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ignacy Zagrobelny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eloi Ocomardia in the 9th minute of the match. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save VN SOKOLI-VARNA from getting a goal against them. After taking down the ball on KS LEW Chorzów's corner Pedro Luís Alcântara fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Haralampi Kúrkelanov quite easily take care of the ball. 16 minutes into the match, Hélio Vaz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Haralampi Kúrkelanov. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hélio Vaz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Neno Vladimirov made in the 19th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Tzvetoslav Vúlchov however managed to control. In the 27th minute Rostislav Sitarski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ignacy Zagrobelny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Haralampi Kúrkelanov managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when KS LEW Chorzów's Hélio Vaz fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Pavlin Bochev got a free kick in the 30th minute. In the 34th minute Eloi Ocomardia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ignacy Zagrobelny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute, Dalmacio Locaio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Haralampi Kúrkelanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marian Beninda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernard Milko hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. After 47 played minutes VN SOKOLI-VARNA got a freekick which was hit by Andon Traychev. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Eloi Ocomardia was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Andon Traychev got a free kick in the 51st minute. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind KS LEW Chorzów's goalkeeper Ignacy Zagrobelny, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marian Beninda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Haralampi Kúrkelanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of VN SOKOLI-VARNA booed when KS LEW Chorzów was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zachary Ruszkowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 68th match minute, KS LEW Chorzów was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zachary Ruszkowski to maneuver through the defense. Haralampi Kúrkelanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hélio Vaz in the 74th minute of play. KS LEW Chorzów's Ignacy Zagrobelny proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save KS LEW Chorzów from getting a goal against them. After 77 played minutes KS LEW Chorzów got a freekick which was hit by Bernard Milko. Ignacy Zagrobelny acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 78th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Igor Bolyukov. KS LEW Chorzów's attentive Big Egø managed to snatch the ball when Neno Vladimirov made a throw-in in the 82nd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Hélio Vaz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Luís Alcântara in the 87th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hélio Vaz in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Haralampi Kúrkelanov saved VN SOKOLI-VARNA from getting behind. In the 96th minute Pedro Luís Alcântara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.