Friendly League

Pepsi Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Brad Ridding took the kick off in the first half of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 4 minutes, Zbyszko Leper successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. BYDGOSTIA's Zbyszko Leper played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brad Ridding in the 7th minute of play. Zbyszko Leper made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucjan Chmielecki in the 10th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Mariusz Warka managed to get in a good position for a shot. BYDGOSTIA's supporters rose to their feet, but Mariusz Warka was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. BYDGOSTIA's Jairo Estrela managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Patryk Hryc in the 14 minute of the game. With a little luck, BYDGOSTIA's Zbyszko Leper got control of the ball when Brad Ridding tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Tytus Drab's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zbyszko Leper was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. In the 19th minute, Olgierd Kowalski got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 21 minutes into the match, Olgierd Kowalski notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of MATRIX TEAM's Tobiasz Niedzwiecki. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olgierd Kowalski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind MATRIX TEAM's goalkeeper Tobiasz Niedzwiecki, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After taking down the ball on BYDGOSTIA's corner Jairo Estrela fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tobiasz Niedzwiecki quite easily take care of the ball. BYDGOSTIA's Zbyszko Leper played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucjan Chmielecki in the 34th minute of play. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olgierd Kowalski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zbyszko Leper showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucjan Chmielecki, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. After 41 played minutes MATRIX TEAM got a freekick which was hit by Izydor Filanowski. In the 43rd minute, Olgierd Kowalski got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Olgierd Kowalski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to BYDGOSTIA getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Patryk Zgonina hit a great ball. Tytus Paprotny hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. MATRIX TEAM's Lech Lele was substituted for Damazy Jakisz. After 66 played minutes BYDGOSTIA got a freekick which was hit by Tytus Paprotny. 68 minutes into the match, BYDGOSTIA's goal looked a bit too open when Brad Ridding came free, but Zbyszko Leper reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 76 minutes, Brad Ridding put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Zbyszko Leper. BYDGOSTIA made a substitution. Yu Ran Fan replaced Emil Piesciuk. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brad Ridding in the 80th minute of play forced BYDGOSTIA's goalkeeper Zbyszko Leper to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as BYDGOSTIA's Olgierd Kowalski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tobiasz Niedzwiecki. That made the score 1-2 after 83 minutes of play. Yu Ran Fan might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tobiasz Niedzwiecki. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yu Ran Fan ran back to his position shaking his head. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olgierd Kowalski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Yu Ran Fan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tobiasz Niedzwiecki. That made the score 1-3 in the 88 minute of play. Zbyszko Leper showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brad Ridding in the 91st minute of the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. BYDGOSTIA walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.