Friendly League

El Madrigal
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Valentin Voicu started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's zone, Florian Pruss stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabian Arendarski came out of the goal and Florian Pruss tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Fabian Arendarski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Voicu in the 6th minute of play. VILLARREAL UNITED's Baraxil Sarrate played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jânio Ramos in the 9th minute of play. A hard shot 11 in the game by Florian Pruss from a close distance when the talented Fabian Arendarski managed to make a qualified save. Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's players were relieved. The throw-in from Ercole Passalacqua in the 16th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Grzegorz Jankowski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ömür Seyfeddin in the 23rd minute of play forced VILLARREAL UNITED's goalkeeper Baraxil Sarrate to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute Zagłębie Dąbrowskie were awarded a corner. István Hoffman went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's corner Karol Biskupiak fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Baraxil Sarrate quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florian Pruss in the 29th minute of play forced Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's goalkeeper Fabian Arendarski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Baraxil Sarrate showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from István Hoffman in the 34th minute of the match. In the 39th minute Otto Alberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Baraxil Sarrate saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Fabian Arendarski managed to avoid a goal in the 42ndth minute, when VILLARREAL UNITED's Florian Pruss fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to VILLARREAL UNITED getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Hustaz Quijana hit a great ball. In the 47th minute Ömür Seyfeddin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Baraxil Sarrate saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Fabian Arendarski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 48th minute of the match, managed to save Zagłębie Dąbrowskie from getting a goal against them. Fabian Arendarski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valentin Voicu in the 49th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when István Hoffman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fabian Arendarski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bennvar Trollegaard, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in VILLARREAL UNITED's zone, Karol Biskupiak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Baraxil Sarrate came out of the goal and Karol Biskupiak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. VILLARREAL UNITED's Yusuf Kaya was substituted for Valentin Voicu. 64 minutes into the match, Yusuf Kaya had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabian Arendarski. Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yusuf Kaya was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Fabian Arendarski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gert Vesterberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pacôme Daire kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's István Hoffman shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 69th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Baraxil Sarrate but with some difficulty. Baraxil Sarrate made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Ömür Seyfeddin sent off a good shot on target. Fabian Arendarski came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by VILLARREAL UNITED's Yusuf Kaya. But to his dismay, Yusuf Kaya quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Kusti Jõeäär was substituted for Ömür Seyfeddin. Zagłębie Dąbrowskie made a substitution. Leopoldo Manta replaced István Hoffman. Fabian Arendarski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pacôme Daire in the 78th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Zdzislaw Kazanowski got a free kick in the 79th minute. The audience held their breath when Delmar Campello in the 81st minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Fabian Arendarski's left hand side. In the 84th minute, Gert Vesterberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VILLARREAL UNITED fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Fabian Arendarski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gert Vesterberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Fabian Arendarski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pacôme Daire went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Fabian Arendarski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yusuf Kaya, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. The supporters of Zagłębie Dąbrowskie booed when VILLARREAL UNITED was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Llin Villafane didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Patryk Zukowski from long distance, 93 minutes into the match, got Baraxil Sarrate's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Fabian Arendarski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gert Vesterberg in the 95th minute of play. Grzegorz Jankowski's late challenge caught a VILLARREAL UNITED's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Grzegorz Jankowski helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Zagłębie Dąbrowskie getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Grzegorz Jankowski hit a great ball. In the 98thth minute of the game Gert Vesterberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Fabian Arendarski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. VILLARREAL UNITED walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.