Friendly League

Kazimierza Deyny
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Legia Warszawa 【L】's Tạ Mara started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Lucjan Szkarpiak's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lech Latkiewicz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. In the 10th minute Juliszew SSA were awarded a corner. Teobaldo Bayo went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Juliszew SSA's Teobaldo Bayo to fire away a dangerous shot which Lech Latkiewicz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 12th minute Lucjan Szkarpiak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lech Latkiewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Lucjan Szkarpiak had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lech Latkiewicz. Legia Warszawa 【L】's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lucjan Szkarpiak was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Juliszew SSA were awarded a corner in the 17th minute after Legia Warszawa 【L】's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Teobaldo Bayo took the corner. After taking down the ball on Juliszew SSA's corner Teobaldo Bayo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lech Latkiewicz quite easily take care of the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Legia Warszawa 【L】's goal looked a bit too open when Cecilio Fanuco came free, but Lech Latkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucjan Szkarpiak in the 24th minute of play forced Legia Warszawa 【L】's goalkeeper Lech Latkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the game, Marek Sagan lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Zhuo Xuan Yu. Lech Latkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucjan Szkarpiak in the 29th minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Juliszew SSA's goalkeeper Zhuo Xuan Yu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Szymon Grunwalski. 37 minutes into the match, Legia Warszawa 【L】's goal looked a bit too open when Cecilio Fanuco came free, but Lech Latkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Juliszew SSA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Teobaldo Bayo in the 38th minute. With a little luck, Juliszew SSA's Zhuo Xuan Yu got control of the ball when Szymon Grunwalski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lech Latkiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Philip Lovecraft in the 42nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucjan Szkarpiak in the 43rd minute of play forced Legia Warszawa 【L】's goalkeeper Lech Latkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lech Latkiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucjan Szkarpiak in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lucjan Szkarpiak to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Lucjan Szkarpiak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lech Latkiewicz was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. 57 minutes into the match, Legia Warszawa 【L】's goalkeeper Lech Latkiewicz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cecilio Fanuco. Cecilio Fanuco's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Lech Latkiewicz firmly grabbed it by the left post. Zhuo Xuan Yu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tạ Mara in the 67th minute of the match. Lech Latkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Philip Lovecraft in the 69th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Legia Warszawa 【L】's goal looked a bit too open when Lucjan Szkarpiak came free, but Lech Latkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Lech Latkiewicz managed to avoid a goal in the 73rdth minute, when Juliszew SSA's Philip Lovecraft fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Lech Latkiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucjan Szkarpiak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute Lucjan Szkarpiak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lech Latkiewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Lucjan Szkarpiak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 79th minute Lucjan Szkarpiak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lech Latkiewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Lech Latkiewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucjan Szkarpiak in the 85th minute of play. Lech Latkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucjan Szkarpiak in the 86th minute of play. Juliszew SSA made a substitution. Oto Mur replaced Lucjan Szkarpiak. Juliszew SSA's Zula Falke was substituted for Xiao Xu. Legia Warszawa 【L】's defense didn't have a chance, in the 91st minute, when Oto Mur scored to the left of an out of position Lech Latkiewicz, making the score, 1-2. After some careless play in the Legia Warszawa 【L】 defense, Oto Mur kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lech Latkiewicz. The Legia Warszawa 【L】 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lech Latkiewicz should have stopped the shot. The Juliszew SSA players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.