U23 League

Crystal Arena
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gucci Gangstad made the kick off which started today's match. With a little luck, SS SuperSonics's Cyprian Podolski got control of the ball when Liu Zhi Guang tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cyprian Podolski was out of position in the 10 minute of play, and Liu Zhi Guang capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Liu Zhi Guang really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Teobald Zukowski charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Teobald Zukowski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 17th minute, Liu Zhi Guang left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Veth Crystals fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Cyprian Podolski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gwidon Patora, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Veth Crystals were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after SS SuperSonics's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gwidon Patora took the corner. The corner ended in Gwidon Patora almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but SS SuperSonics's Cyprian Podolski did a great save. Gucci Gangstad kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Cyprian Podolski was a little too slow when Raul Loramendi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 26th minute. The score was now 3-0. Cyprian Podolski was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gwidon Patora showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-0 in the 34 minute of play. In the 37th minute, Liu Zhi Guang ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cyprian Podolski was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. SS SuperSonics were awarded a corner in the 42th minute after Veth Crystals's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bogumil Ludwa took the corner. Veth Crystals's Tiburcio Jakue played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gucci Gangstad in the 44th minute of play. Cyprian Podolski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gwidon Patora in the 46th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gwidon Patora was the one to do the kick off. Cyprian Podolski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gwidon Patora in the 50th minute of the match. After 51 played minutes SS SuperSonics got a freekick which was hit by Eugeniusz Kiszkiel. Cyprian Podolski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liu Zhi Guang in the 53rd minute of the match. SS SuperSonics's Cyprian Podolski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liu Zhi Guang in the 56th minute of play. In the 58th minute Liu Zhi Guang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cyprian Podolski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute, Gwidon Patora made a precise shot to the right of Cyprian Podolski. SS SuperSonics's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. Veth Crystals's Gabriel Vaz was substituted for Cyryl Zielinski. Veth Crystals made a substitution. Zbigniew Wierzbicki replaced Andrea Casals. Veth Crystals's Ludomir Radzyminski was substituted for Nedas Jameikis. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liu Zhi Guang in the 66th minute of play forced SS SuperSonics's goalkeeper Cyprian Podolski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tiburcio Jakue showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gucci Gangstad, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Gucci Gangstad hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. After 72 minutes of play, Veth Crystals's Gwidon Patora made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cyprian Podolski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ludomir Radzyminski hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. SS SuperSonics's Cyprian Podolski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marian Domeradzki in the 79th minute of play. 83 minutes into the match, Zbigniew Wierzbicki notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of SS SuperSonics's Cyprian Podolski. Cyprian Podolski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Tadeusz Radzyminski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cyprian Podolski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Liu Zhi Guang went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in SS SuperSonics's zone, Liu Zhi Guang stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cyprian Podolski came out of the goal and Liu Zhi Guang tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Veth Crystals walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.