U21 League

Santiago Bernabéu
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Thierry Henry took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Abandon All Hope's Dedê de Castro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cezary Niemoj narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 6th minute Jan Pająk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cezary Niemoj saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cezary Niemoj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Pająk, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. A nice corner shot did that Emil Dunajski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cezary Niemoj quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Abandon All Hope's Mikolaj Scislowicz got a free kick in the 17th minute. Chojnickie Byki's Janusz Kosowski shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 18th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Meng Yan Jing but with some difficulty. Thierry Henry fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Meng Yan Jing having to interfere. Cezary Niemoj made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomasz Cipinski in the 28th minute of play. Cezary Niemoj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Pająk, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 29th minute, Jan Pająk ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cezary Niemoj was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Chojnickie Byki's Cezary Niemoj played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dedê de Castro in the 34th minute of play. Abandon All Hope's attack was well implemented in the 36th minute, but when Jan Pająk was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. 37 minutes into the game, Dedê de Castro was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Abandon All Hope's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Chojnickie Byki the free kick. A collision led to Abandon All Hope getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Dedê de Castro hit a great ball. After 39 minutes of play, Abandon All Hope's Emil Dunajski made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cezary Niemoj was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 41st minute Emil Dunajski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cezary Niemoj saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jan Pająk hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. After the first half Abandon All Hope were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jan Pająk to strike the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Chojnickie Byki's Cezary Niemoj got control of the ball when Emil Dunajski tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Chojnickie Byki's goalkeeper Cezary Niemoj, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jan Pająk was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 56th minute. Abandon All Hope's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Roland Schiavi's late challenge caught a Chojnickie Byki's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Roland Schiavi helped the player get up and apologised. In the 59th match minute, Abandon All Hope was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roland Schiavi to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Abandon All Hope's Jan Pająk slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Cezary Niemoj. That made the score 0-3 after 63 minutes of play. In the 65th minute Jan Pająk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cezary Niemoj saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute, Sylwester Rukszcz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chojnickie Byki's Cezary Niemoj played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emil Dunajski in the 67th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Chojnickie Byki's Sylwester Rukszcz got a free kick in the 68th minute. In the 69th minute, Dedê de Castro made a precise shot to the right of Cezary Niemoj. Chojnickie Byki's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan Pająk got free with Cezary Niemoj in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abandon All Hope's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Emil Dunajski in the 74th minute. Dedê de Castro was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Emil Dunajski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Cezary Niemoj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Emil Dunajski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomasz Cipinski in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cezary Niemoj saved Chojnickie Byki from getting behind. In the 80th minute of the match Abandon All Hope got a corner. Chojnickie Byki's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Emil Dunajski ran over to the corner to take the kick. Abandon All Hope's Jan Pająk was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 83rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 87th minute, Jan Pająk ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cezary Niemoj was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. Abandon All Hope's Emil Dunajski got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match was over Abandon All Hope could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Chojnickie Byki throughout the match.