U23 League

STW ARENA
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zygmunt Brytan started the match with the kick off. Krzysztof Domamir was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Jacek Pozorski. In the 6th minute, Jacek Pozorski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pogoń Szczecin's Klement Plachetka got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Konrad Rykaczewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karol Burdzel, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ksawery Pilsudski got free with Krzysztof Domamir in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Pogoń Szczecin booed when Pogoń Stawiszyn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jacek Pozorski didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klement Plachetka in the 16th minute of play forced Pogoń Stawiszyn's goalkeeper Konrad Rykaczewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute, Zdzislaw Zacharczyk made a precise shot to the right of Krzysztof Domamir. Pogoń Szczecin's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After 25 minutes, Jaroslaw Ankiewicz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pogoń Szczecin and the Pogoń Stawiszyn players grew even worse after the yellow card. Zdzislaw Zacharczyk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Krzysztof Domamir made a huge save. Konrad Rykaczewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zygmunt Brytan in the 30th minute of the match. Konrad Rykaczewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zygmunt Brytan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Dobromir Zworski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Krzysztof Domamir was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. In the 37th minute, Zygmunt Brytan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Konrad Rykaczewski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Ksawery Pilsudski kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Klement Plachetka blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Konrad Rykaczewski having to make a save. In the 41st minute Klement Plachetka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konrad Rykaczewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Pogoń Stawiszyn's goal looked a bit too open when Klement Plachetka came free, but Konrad Rykaczewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Klement Plachetka might have been able to make a better finish in the 44th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Konrad Rykaczewski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Klement Plachetka ran back to his position shaking his head. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Ksawery Pilsudski made the kick off in the second half. Konrad Rykaczewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zygmunt Brytan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Klement Plachetka took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Konrad Rykaczewski to make any attempt to save it. After 55 played minutes Pogoń Stawiszyn got a freekick which was hit by Jacek Pozorski. In the 57th minute, Klement Plachetka 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: 1-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Klement Plachetka got free with Konrad Rykaczewski in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Franciszek Klawke hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Krzysztof Domamir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dobromir Zworski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Pogoń Stawiszyn's Konrad Rykaczewski got control of the ball when Klement Plachetka tried to sneak it across the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Pogoń Stawiszyn's goalkeeper Konrad Rykaczewski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Karol Burdzel. Konrad Rykaczewski didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Pogoń Szczecin's Klement Plachetka shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-4 in the ordered_time% minute. With a little luck, Pogoń Stawiszyn's Konrad Rykaczewski got control of the ball when Klement Plachetka tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, Karol Burdzel took a quick shot and it went in 2-5 without a chance for Konrad Rykaczewski to make any attempt to save it. Pogoń Szczecin's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.