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Match Report
Rudziny
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ithaca AFC's Casey Albrecht started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Gustaw Gecionis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Duke Schaefer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Rudziny's zone, Casey Albrecht stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arkadiusz Luty came out of the goal and Casey Albrecht tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Ithaca AFC booed when Rudziny was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wlodzimierz Bochynski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wlodzimierz Bochynski kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Arkadiusz Luty made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Casey Albrecht in the 15th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Casey Albrecht in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arkadiusz Luty prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Arkadiusz Luty came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Ithaca AFC's Casey Albrecht. But to his dismay, Casey Albrecht quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Casey Albrecht struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Arkadiusz Luty didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ithaca AFC. In the 30th minute, Casey Albrecht left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ithaca AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Ithaca AFC's Casey Albrecht got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Casey Albrecht's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arkadiusz Luty was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Boguslaw Pilarczyk made in the 43rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Radowit Polkoski. Casey Albrecht sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ithaca AFC's Miguel Montoya got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gustaw Gecionis made a kick off. Casey Albrecht received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Arkadiusz Luty tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 55 minutes into the match, Ithaca AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Lech Wincek came free, but Duke Schaefer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 58 minutes into the game, Andrzej Lisewski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rudziny's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ithaca AFC the free kick. Andrzej Lisewski kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Casey Albrecht kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Arkadiusz Luty. That made the score 0-3 in the 60 minute of play. A collision led to Rudziny getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Gustaw Gecionis hit a great ball. Casey Albrecht fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arkadiusz Luty having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 76 minutes, Arkadiusz Luty successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 78th minute Casey Albrecht shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arkadiusz Luty saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th minute, Casey Albrecht reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Arkadiusz Luty. The goal made the score 0-4. In the 84th match minute, Rudziny was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrzej Lisewski to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Boguslaw Pilarczyk in the 86th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Ithaca AFC's Angelo Young. An unexpectedly hard shot by Angelo Young in the 89th minute of play forced Rudziny's goalkeeper Arkadiusz Luty to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 91 minutes into the match, Lech Wincek notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Ithaca AFC's Duke Schaefer. Duke Schaefer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gustaw Gecionis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Duke Schaefer having to interfere. Ithaca AFC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.
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