Friendly League

Lech Max Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Norbert Major started the match with the kick off. In the 9th minute, Norbert Major made a precise shot to the right of Gwidon Dubilas. Lech Max's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 13 minutes into the match, Otsoko Balmaceda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sebastião Xoxe. Pogoń Szczecin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Otsoko Balmaceda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Sebastião Xoxe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Otsoko Balmaceda, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 24th match minute, Lech Max was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Krzysztof Bycofski to maneuver through the defense. Gwidon Dubilas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norbert Major in the 29th minute of the match. After 34 minutes Pogoń Szczecin's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mikolaj Kuszczak who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Nestor Rogel almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pogoń Szczecin's Sebastião Xoxe did a great save. In the 34th minute, Lech Max's Nestor Rogel ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Sebastião Xoxe. Sebastião Xoxe yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. Otsoko Balmaceda struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Sebastião Xoxe didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lech Max. If Norbert Major had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sebastião Xoxe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otsoko Balmaceda in the 42nd minute of the match. Otsoko Balmaceda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Otsoko Balmaceda made a kick off. When Norbert Major came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Pogoń Szczecin 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 Norbert Major couldn't finish the play. Norbert Major fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gwidon Dubilas having to interfere. 63 minutes into the match, Pogoń Szczecin's goal looked a bit too open when Sebastian Skaradowski came free, but Sebastião Xoxe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Otsoko Balmaceda in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sebastião Xoxe prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gwidon Dubilas came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Pogoń Szczecin's Norbert Major. But to his dismay, Norbert Major quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. Pogoń Szczecin's Dariusz Harbaszewski was substituted for Jurand Debowski. Sebastião Xoxe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikolaj Kuszczak in the 74th minute of play. Fortunato Vino got a throw-in 75 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Nestor Rogel. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Kuszczak in the 81st minute of play forced Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper Sebastião Xoxe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Dariusz Harbaszewski in the 85th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Lech Max's Krzysztof Bycofski. In the 86th minute Otsoko Balmaceda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastião Xoxe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pogoń Szczecin's Sebastião Xoxe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikolaj Kuszczak in the 88th minute of play. In the 88th minute, Mikolaj Kuszczak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lech Max fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. After having played for 95 minutes, Sebastian Skaradowski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lech Max's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sebastian Skaradowski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 95 played minutes Pogoń Szczecin got a freekick which was hit by Anselmo Doris. The Pogoń Szczecin players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Lech Max from taking control. The game ends in a draw.