Friendly League

Romolo Di Reto
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Wincenty Rydz started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Zbigniew Cymbal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristo Kane was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 6 minutes into the match, Wincenty Rydz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cristo Kane. Sao Brasola's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wincenty Rydz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 10 minutes into the match, Zbigniew Cymbal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cristo Kane. Sao Brasola's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zbigniew Cymbal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. In the 14th minute, Wincenty Rydz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Astral fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. 17 minutes into the game, Astral's Kacper Figlewski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cristo Kane made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. 20 minutes into the match, Wincenty Rydz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cristo Kane. Sao Brasola's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wincenty Rydz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. In the 23rd minute Elia Tuzzolino suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. 23 minutes into the game, Teobald Puch was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Astral's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sao Brasola the free kick. In the 24th match minute, Astral was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teobald Puch to maneuver through the defense. Cristo Kane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radowit Resel in the 27th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Zbigniew Cymbal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Astral fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. Cristo Kane made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zbigniew Cymbal in the 33rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Sao Brasola's Enrico De Tommasi got a free kick in the 34th minute. When Franco Donatelli fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sao Brasola's protests and gave Franco Donatelli a yellow card for diving instead. Wincenty Rydz's late challenge caught a Sao Brasola's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wincenty Rydz helped the player get up and apologised. After 39 played minutes Astral got a freekick which was hit by Wincenty Rydz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wincenty Rydz in the 43rd minute of play forced Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Cristo Kane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Cristo Kane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zbigniew Cymbal in the 51st minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Astral's zone, Attilio Granata stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Radoslaw Miarka came out of the goal and Attilio Granata tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice moves Kacper Figlewski could shoot a difficult shot in the 58th minute, which Cristo Kane however easily saved by the left post. The supporters of Astral booed when Sao Brasola was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pio Padre didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cristo Kane didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zbigniew Cymbal went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. Sao Brasola's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Zbigniew Cymbal 64 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-9. Cristo Kane didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Astral's Zbigniew Cymbal shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-10 in the ordered_time% minute. After having played for 74 minutes, Kacper Figlewski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Astral's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kacper Figlewski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kacper Figlewski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cristo Kane having to make a save. Cristo Kane didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wincenty Rydz went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-11 was the resulting score. In the 82nd minute, Franco Donatelli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wincenty Rydz in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristo Kane saved Sao Brasola from getting behind. Cristo Kane made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Wincenty Rydz sent off a good shot on target. In the 96th minute of the match, Wincenty Rydz got a very nice opportunity to score, but Cristo Kane was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post.