Friendly League

Roberto H. Pizzio
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Pogoń Szczecin's Norbert Major 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. Norbert Major's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arturo Lopez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gคгςђ๏Ŧค's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Conrado Donzel was slow to take the kick. During this time Pogoń Szczecin's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Manos Trachanas managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Arturo Lopez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norbert Major in the 8th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the match, Gคгςђ๏Ŧค's goal looked a bit too open when Norbert Major came free, but Arturo Lopez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute, Norbert Major made a precise shot to the right of Arturo Lopez. Gคгςђ๏Ŧค's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 22nd minute, Norbert Major made a precise shot to the right of Arturo Lopez. Gคгςђ๏Ŧค's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After some careless play in the Gคгςђ๏Ŧค defense, Norbert Major kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arturo Lopez. The Gคгςђ๏Ŧค fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arturo Lopez should have stopped the shot. In the 29th minute of the game Tiburcio Acevedo made a throw-in which Fermin Baladi played forward. Conrado Donzel kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Elia Sorrentino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Sebastião Xoxe made a huge save. Arturo Muc hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Arturo Lopez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norbert Major in the 41st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Gคгςђ๏Ŧค's Haritzeder Folgueras got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Norbert Major's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arturo Lopez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 45th minute of play. The Gคгςђ๏Ŧค players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Pogoń Szczecin were winning 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sun Sang Bin to make the kick off. Bruno Rolado kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Gคгςђ๏Ŧค's Arturo Lopez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norbert Major in the 53rd minute of play. Norbert Major sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Norbert Major's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arturo Lopez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 57th minute of play. The supporters of Pogoń Szczecin booed when Gคгςђ๏Ŧค was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Haritzeder Folgueras didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Gคгςђ๏Ŧค's zone, Darko Pančev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arturo Lopez came out of the goal and Darko Pančev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 68th minute, Norbert Major left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pogoń Szczecin fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After 71 minutes of play, Pogoń Szczecin's Norbert Major made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arturo Lopez was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 73rd minute, Arnoldo Mendez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bruno Rolado made in the 83rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Arturo Muc. Fagondo Munoz kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. The throw-in from Arnoldo Mendez in the 86th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Pogoń Szczecin's Cezary Jarocewicz. Gคгςђ๏Ŧค's Arturo Lopez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norbert Major in the 88th minute of play. Arturo Lopez made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Norbert Major sent off a good shot on target. The Pogoń Szczecin supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Pogoń Szczecin would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.