Friendly League

Pepsi Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gong Qi Fan took the kick off in the first half of the match. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Brad Ridding took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Nils Elmhuus to make any attempt to save it. Nils Elmhuus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tytus Drab in the 14th minute of the match. MATRIX TEAM's Tobiasz Niedzwiecki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gong Qi Fan in the 16th minute of play. In the 19th minute Gong Qi Fan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobiasz Niedzwiecki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 23 minutes into the game, Playa Malvín's Gong Qi Fan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stelian Murgu in the 28th minute of play forced MATRIX TEAM's goalkeeper Tobiasz Niedzwiecki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Playa Malvín getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Alvise Catapano hit a great ball. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gong Qi Fan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 37 minutes into the game, Gong Qi Fan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvise Catapano in the 40th minute of the match. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gong Qi Fan in the 44th minute of play. The throw-in from Patryk Hryc in the 45th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Playa Malvín's Joel Wigghers. MATRIX TEAM's Tobiasz Niedzwiecki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gong Qi Fan in the 46th minute of play. 47 minutes into the game, MATRIX TEAM's Lucjan Chmielecki nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nils Elmhuus made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. After the first half Playa Malvín were leading 2-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Brad Ridding made a kick off. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gong Qi Fan in the 53rd minute of play. Nils Elmhuus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tytus Drab, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 63rd minute, Gong Qi Fan made a precise shot to the right of Tobiasz Niedzwiecki. MATRIX TEAM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. MATRIX TEAM's Lech Lele was substituted for Damazy Jakisz. With a little luck, MATRIX TEAM's Tobiasz Niedzwiecki got control of the ball when Gong Qi Fan tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Gong Qi Fan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tobiasz Niedzwiecki was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Nils Elmhuus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brad Ridding, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gong Qi Fan in the 75th minute of play forced MATRIX TEAM's goalkeeper Tobiasz Niedzwiecki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's goal looked a bit too open when Lucjan Chmielecki came free, but Nils Elmhuus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80thth minute of the game Brad Ridding who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Playa Malvín's Nils Elmhuus was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 90 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's goal looked a bit too open when Brad Ridding came free, but Nils Elmhuus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gong Qi Fan scored 2-5 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tobiasz Niedzwiecki, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Playa Malvín's Chris Tian was substituted for Michael Guisla.