Friendly League

SUN CITY STADIUM
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Yelonki's Dag Laskowski 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. After 2 played minutes FC COSA NOSTRA got a freekick which was hit by Algirdas Brazauskas. After 3 played minutes, Yelonki's Witold Mnich shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Miglius Beržinis came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Yelonki reached it. Leonard Lepucki took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Miglius Beržinis. Miglius Beržinis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Witold Mnich scored 0-2 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Miglius Beržinis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Miglius Beržinis came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Yelonki's Wiktor Hendzel. But to his dismay, Wiktor Hendzel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. 17 minutes into the match, Dag Laskowski notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of FC COSA NOSTRA's Miglius Beržinis. Miglius Beržinis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 20 minutes of play, FC COSA NOSTRA's Algirdas Brazauskas made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sad Keep was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to FC COSA NOSTRA getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Aidas Kareiva hit a great ball. 25 minutes into the match, FC COSA NOSTRA's goal looked a bit too open when Leonard Lepucki came free, but Miglius Beržinis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Augustas Ogintas charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Augustas Ogintas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, FC COSA NOSTRA's Augustas Ogintas got a free kick in the 26th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredas Malakauskas in the 27th minute of play forced Yelonki's goalkeeper Sad Keep to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of FC COSA NOSTRA booed when Yelonki was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfred Karanewski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 31 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for FC COSA NOSTRA! Miglius Beržinis came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Yelonki's Dag Laskowski. But to his dismay, Dag Laskowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. A collision led to FC COSA NOSTRA getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Deividas Tarailis hit a great ball. Miglius Beržinis came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Yelonki's Dag Laskowski. But to his dismay, Dag Laskowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-6. In the 46th minute, Dag Laskowski made a precise shot to the right of Miglius Beržinis. FC COSA NOSTRA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-7. After the first half Yelonki were leading 1-7. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Algirdas Brazauskas was the one to do the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Yelonki's goal looked a bit too open when Algirdas Brazauskas came free, but Sad Keep reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Yelonki booed when FC COSA NOSTRA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jarūnas Abadauskas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 55th minute, Jarūnas Abadauskas fired away a free kick at the goal, but hit it at the wrong angle and it went over the crossbar. Dag Laskowski scored 1-8 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Miglius Beržinis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Leonard Lepucki fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Yelonki's protests and gave Leonard Lepucki a yellow card for diving instead. In the 66th minute, Leonard Lepucki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 67 played minutes Yelonki got a freekick which was hit by Leonard Lepucki. In the 69th minute, Witold Mnich hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute, Algirdas Brazauskas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC COSA NOSTRA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-8. In the 74th minute, Alfredas Vaitkevičius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot by Wiktor Hendzel from long distance, 75 minutes into the match, got Miglius Beržinis's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Aidas Kareiva kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Miglius Beržinis was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Wiktor Hendzel. Miglius Beržinis was a little too slow when Wiktor Hendzel got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 2-9. In the 87th minute, Yelonki's Hugon Pryputnicki ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Miglius Beržinis. Miglius Beržinis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-10. Sad Keep took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredas Malakauskas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Miglius Beržinis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dag Laskowski in the 93rd minute of the match. Miglius Beržinis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugon Pryputnicki in the 96th minute of the match. Yelonki's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.