Prized/Friendly Cup

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Leonard Kaczor took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Leonard Kaczor had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anton Grimalschi. UFC Puturoasa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leonard Kaczor was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Ksawery Kochowski was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mihai Briceag showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 12 minute of play. Ksawery Kochowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavel Spãtaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by KoLiber's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ruslan Blanari was slow to take the kick. During this time UFC Puturoasa's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Ruslan Blanari got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ksawery Kochowski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 19 minutes into the game, Slawomir Majusiak was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. KoLiber's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave UFC Puturoasa the free kick. The supporters of UFC Puturoasa booed when KoLiber was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slawomir Majusiak didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pavel Spãtaru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ksawery Kochowski having to interfere. When UFC Puturoasa's Pavel Spãtaru in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye KoLiber's goalie prevented a goal. In the 24th minute, Mihai Briceag left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The UFC Puturoasa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. When Leonard Kaczor came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the KoLiber 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 Leonard Kaczor couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pavel Spãtaru in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ksawery Kochowski saved KoLiber from getting behind. Ksawery Kochowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mihai Briceag, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 35 played minutes KoLiber got a freekick which was hit by Slawomir Majusiak. Ksawery Kochowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavel Spãtaru in the 37th minute of play. After 41 played minutes KoLiber got a freekick which was hit by Leonard Kaczor. Ksawery Kochowski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mihai Briceag went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Ksawery Kochowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cornel Vornic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pavel Spãtaru was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Pavel Spãtaru's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ksawery Kochowski was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. After 59 minutes, Ruslan Pânzaru mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the UFC Puturoasa and the KoLiber players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 60th minute, Ruslan Pânzaru hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wawrzyniec Pyczkowski's late challenge caught a UFC Puturoasa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wawrzyniec Pyczkowski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 62nd minute, Wawrzyniec Pyczkowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 65th minute, Mihai Briceag ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ksawery Kochowski was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Ksawery Kochowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavel Spãtaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 77 minutes into the game, Pavel Spãtaru cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Ksawery Kochowski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Pavel Spãtaru scored 6-1 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ksawery Kochowski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to UFC Puturoasa getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Ruslan Blanari hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihai Briceag in the 91st minute of play forced KoLiber's goalkeeper Ksawery Kochowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mihai Briceag fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ksawery Kochowski having to interfere. UFC Puturoasa's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.