Friendly League

GardaviaArena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. João Félix started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s zone, Arkadiusz Kochniarczyk stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Paul Ahlbom came out of the goal and Arkadiusz Kochniarczyk tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Paul Ahlbom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Félix, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 10th minute Damian Banaszak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Ahlbom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paul Ahlbom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiusz Kochniarczyk, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 14th minute, Brzostowiec's João Félix ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Paul Ahlbom. Paul Ahlbom yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toby Dransfield in the 16th minute of play forced Brzostowiec's goalkeeper Szczepan Adamus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Toby Dransfield put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Szczepan Adamus. Igor Sanchez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Szczepan Adamus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paul Ahlbom made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when João Félix sent off a good shot on target. Szczepan Adamus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Den Hardwick in the 25th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Nichifor Bădescu got a free kick in the 26th minute. If Jakub Gonsiewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when João Félix got free with Paul Ahlbom in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. João Félix didn't have the luck on his side when he, from a short distance, got a opportunity for a shot on goal in the 30th minute. The shot missed the goal on the right side and João Félix ran dejectedly back to his position. In the last second Paul Ahlbom throw himself and got hold of the ball when João Félix in the 30thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Szczepan Adamus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toby Dransfield, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Paul Ahlbom proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Lisburn Distillery F.C. from getting a goal against them. After 36 played minutes Lisburn Distillery F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Den Hardwick. After a rather tough play, Brzostowiec's Damian Banaszak got a free kick in the 39th minute. After 45 minutes, João Félix made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Paul Ahlbom tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Damian Banaszak hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Toby Dransfield stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55thth minute of the game João Félix who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Paul Ahlbom was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Den Hardwick could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Szczepan Adamus made a huge save. Toby Dransfield kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Damian Banaszak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paul Ahlbom having to interfere. Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Paul Ahlbom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Banaszak in the 68th minute of play. In the 74th minute, Cezary Gdowik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pierre Thielens's late challenge caught a Brzostowiec's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pierre Thielens helped the player get up and apologised. Paul Ahlbom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Banaszak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82nd minute, Damian Banaszak ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paul Ahlbom was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. If Damian Banaszak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. During the 91st minute of the match Pierre Thielens completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Pierre Thielens a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Pierre Thielens got a free kick in the 91st minute. João Félix took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Paul Ahlbom. Paul Ahlbom dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the Lisburn Distillery F.C. players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Brzostowiec.