U21 League

Arena Skarpa Ełk
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Károly Tolnay kicked off to start the match. Mateusz Madej's late challenge caught a Skarpa Ełk's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mateusz Madej helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th match minute, FA Sandtown was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lucjan Topolski to maneuver through the defense. From close distance Aleksander Limanowski pressed in the 1-0 goal high up into nets stiches in the right cross 11 minutes into the game. A collision led to FA Sandtown getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Iwan Marut hit a great ball. Skarpa Ełk's Korneliusz Narbut got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 23rd minute Lucjan Topolski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jedrzej Grucza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Károly Tolnay in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jedrzej Grucza saved Skarpa Ełk from getting behind. 28 minutes into the game, Skarpa Ełk's Aleksander Limanowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bogdan Miecznikowski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Korneliusz Narbut kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Bogdan Miecznikowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugeniusz Wawrukiewicz in the 35th minute of the match. Eugeniusz Wawrukiewicz had several of the FA Sandtown's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 35 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-0 score and a disappointed Bogdan Miecznikowski as he didn't even see the shot coming. Skarpa Ełk's Korneliusz Narbut got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aleksander Limanowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Károly Tolnay in the 45th minute of play forced Skarpa Ełk's goalkeeper Jedrzej Grucza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With 47 minutes on the clock, Lucjan Watarz commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 48 played minutes FA Sandtown got a freekick which was hit by Lucjan Watarz. In the 49th minute, Korneliusz Narbut got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Aleksander Limanowski to strike the kick off in the second half. 61 minutes into the match, Skarpa Ełk's goalkeeper Jedrzej Grucza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Iwan Marut. Iwan Marut kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. If Aleksander Limanowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jedrzej Grucza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iwan Marut in the 67th minute. After 69 played minutes FA Sandtown got a freekick which was hit by Zenon Pieknik. Mateusz Wojtkiewicz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Eugeniusz Wawrukiewicz came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Skarpa Ełk fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eugeniusz Wawrukiewicz couldn't finish the play. 79 minutes into the game, Iwan Marut was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FA Sandtown's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Skarpa Ełk the free kick. After a rather tough play, FA Sandtown's Iwan Marut got a free kick in the 79th minute. Mateusz Madej fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jedrzej Grucza having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugeniusz Wawrukiewicz in the 87th minute of play forced FA Sandtown's goalkeeper Bogdan Miecznikowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Krzysztof Biskupiak took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bogdan Miecznikowski. Bogdan Miecznikowski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Bogdan Miecznikowski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mateusz Wojtkiewicz went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Korneliusz Narbut kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match.