Friendly League

Salvatore Riina
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Evandro Azeredo started the match with the kick off. Beniamin Sedzikowski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Evandro Azeredo in the 4th minute. Afonso Portugal was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 4th minute. LA COSA NOSTRA's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. A collision led to Nightmare getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Zula Kornecki hit a great ball. In the 18th minute Afonso Portugal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Beniamin Sedzikowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nightmare's Beniamin Sedzikowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Nightmare from getting a goal against them. Mariusz Oryl took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jacob Lameiras. Jacob Lameiras dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 32nd match minute, Nightmare was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zula Kornecki to maneuver through the defense. In the 33rd minute, Adérito Castro 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Roch Smolarek during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 35th minute of the game. One of Nightmare:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of LA COSA NOSTRA:s goal. Nightmare's Beniamin Sedzikowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adalberto Peseiro in the 41st minute of play. After a rather tough play, LA COSA NOSTRA's Adérito Castro got a free kick in the 42nd minute. After 46 played minutes LA COSA NOSTRA got a freekick which was hit by Adriano Almeida. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

51 minutes into the match, Nightmare's goal looked a bit too open when Alcides Gama came free, but Beniamin Sedzikowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 52nd match minute, LA COSA NOSTRA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alcides Gama to maneuver through the defense. 54 minutes into the match, Adérito Castro notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Nightmare's Beniamin Sedzikowski. Beniamin Sedzikowski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 57 minutes of play, LA COSA NOSTRA's Evandro Azeredo made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Beniamin Sedzikowski was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 60 played minutes Nightmare got a freekick which was hit by Stanislaw Augustyniak. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afonso Portugal in the 63rd minute of play forced Nightmare's goalkeeper Beniamin Sedzikowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 68 played minutes LA COSA NOSTRA got a freekick which was hit by Evandro Azeredo. After some careless play in the Nightmare defense, Afonso Portugal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Beniamin Sedzikowski. The Nightmare fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Beniamin Sedzikowski should have stopped the shot. Evandro Azeredo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Beniamin Sedzikowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 76th minute Evandro Azeredo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Beniamin Sedzikowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 80 minutes of play Nightmare's Roch Smolarek was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 80th match minute, Nightmare was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roch Smolarek to maneuver through the defense. 86 minutes into the match, Nightmare's goal looked a bit too open when Evandro Azeredo came free, but Beniamin Sedzikowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Afonso Toscano scored 6-1 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Beniamin Sedzikowski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cezary Figlewski hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute, Adérito Castro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Beniamin Sedzikowski was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-1. After a rather tough play, Nightmare's Jedrzej Olchawa got a free kick in the 96th minute.