Friendly League

LKS Cosmos
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gerry Scotti kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, PowerHawKings's goalkeeper Alex Ruggeri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jan Pietras. In the 5th minute, Alessio Fiordelisi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in PowerHawKings's zone, Jan Pietras stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alex Ruggeri came out of the goal and Jan Pietras tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Alex Ruggeri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Pietras in the 8th minute of the match. After 9 minutes PowerHawKings's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jan Pietras who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Cosmos 1984 NewDance's Ludomil Wos getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Wlodzimierz Zagrobelny kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Gerry Scotti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Józef Wandzik was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerry Scotti in the 25th minute of play forced Cosmos 1984 NewDance's goalkeeper Józef Wandzik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Cosmos 1984 NewDance defense, Gerry Scotti kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Józef Wandzik. The Cosmos 1984 NewDance fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Józef Wandzik should have stopped the shot. Alex Ruggeri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wlodzimierz Zagrobelny, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 29th minute of the match Cosmos 1984 NewDance got a corner. PowerHawKings's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jan Pietras ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cosmos 1984 NewDance's Jan Pietras was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Alex Ruggeri in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that Roch Tyszka's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alex Ruggeri was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 32ndth minute of the game Gerry Scotti who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cosmos 1984 NewDance's Józef Wandzik was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lucjan Mikulski took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alex Ruggeri. Alex Ruggeri 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. The audience was convinced that Jan Pietras's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alex Ruggeri was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Gerry Scotti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Józef Wandzik was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. A collision led to Cosmos 1984 NewDance getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Piotr Bronkala hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerry Scotti in the 43rd minute of play forced Cosmos 1984 NewDance's goalkeeper Józef Wandzik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jan Pietras to strike the kick off in the second half. If Alvise Di Berardino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Cosmos 1984 NewDance booed when PowerHawKings was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerry Scotti didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 55th minute, Lucjan Mikulski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th match minute, PowerHawKings was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristiano Montini to maneuver through the defense. In the 59th minute of the match Cosmos 1984 NewDance got a corner. PowerHawKings's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jan Pietras ran over to the corner to take the kick. Lucjan Mikulski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 62 minutes of play, Cosmos 1984 NewDance's Jan Pietras made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alex Ruggeri was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gerry Scotti could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Józef Wandzik made a huge save. In the 66th minute, Roch Tyszka 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. Gerry Scottis short, quick shot in the 69thth minute got Józef Wandzik to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Alex Ruggeri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Pietras in the 72nd minute of play. Józef Wandzik made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Gerry Scotti sent off a good shot on target. Józef Wandzik stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gerry Scotti's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. PowerHawKings's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Emilio Lepre in the 78th minute. After 82 minutes, Emilio Lepre mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PowerHawKings and the Cosmos 1984 NewDance players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 82 played minutes PowerHawKings got a freekick which was hit by Emilio Lepre. A collision led to Cosmos 1984 NewDance getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Bogumil Puch hit a great ball. With a little luck, Cosmos 1984 NewDance's Józef Wandzik got control of the ball when Alvise Di Berardino tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alex Ruggeri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roch Tyszka in the 88th minute of the match. After 89 played minutes PowerHawKings got a freekick which was hit by Emilio Lepre. Alex Ruggeri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Pietras, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alex Ruggeri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Pietras in the 90th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, PowerHawKings's Gerry Scotti sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Józef Wandzik narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cosmos 1984 NewDance's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.