Friendly League

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mikolaj Giertych kicked off to start the match. The throw-in from Aldo Zumiel in the 3rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Team Pogba's Louie Mulford. If Cavad Lider had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Napoleon Lewicki managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Sören Goethals in the 21 minute of the game. In the 29th minute of the match ..Villa Rugby Club.. got a corner. Team Pogba's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adan Rufio ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Adan Rufio to fire away a dangerous shot which Lech Urban despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 31 minutes of play, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Mikolaj Giertych made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lech Urban was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Jakob Källberg in the 34th minute of play forced Team Pogba's goalkeeper Lech Urban to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute, Jakob Källberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ..Villa Rugby Club.. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Kang Ying Hai didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bennvar Nickler went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bennvar Nickler stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kang Ying Hai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Máximo Čapo in the 56th minute of the match. After 59 minutes of play, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Mikolaj Giertych made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lech Urban was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Máximo Čapo in the 65th minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Kang Ying Hai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute Mikolaj Giertych shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lech Urban saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lech Urban made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikolaj Giertych in the 74th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 76 minutes, Lech Urban successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Mikolaj Giertych might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lech Urban. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mikolaj Giertych ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 79th minute Mikolaj Giertych shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lech Urban saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Bennvar Nickler's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kang Ying Hai was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. If Mikolaj Giertych had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, Team Pogba's Lech Urban got control of the ball when Mikolaj Giertych tried to sneak it across the goal line. Team Pogba's Alfred Orling got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Team Pogba made a substitution. Matty De Ligt replaced Jonny Lindblom. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Olaf Cebula was substituted for Mikolaj Giertych. ..Villa Rugby Club.. made a substitution. Daavid Uitto replaced Jakob Källberg. Lech Urban showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daavid Uitto in the 88th minute of the match. Máximo Čapo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kang Ying Hai having to interfere. Lech Urban showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daavid Uitto, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. ..Villa Rugby Club.. had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.