Prized/Friendly Cup

Alberto J. Armando
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Robert Doicaru made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 minutes of play, Zgierskie Zlewy's Robert Doicaru made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentin Licerio was left in no man's land by his defense there! 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Franja Dorada's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Robert Doicaru was slow to take the kick. During this time Zgierskie Zlewy's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Robert Doicaru got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Valentin Licerio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Igor Tartalo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Doicaru in the 22nd minute of play forced Franja Dorada's goalkeeper Valentin Licerio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Franja Dorada's Karol Ruszkowski threw himself towards the right post 23 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Silverio Jacob, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 28 minutes into the match, Franja Dorada's Bülent Ruge sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Karol Ruszkowski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Valentin Licerio came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by Zgierskie Zlewy's Rolf King. But to his dismay, Rolf King quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. The audience was convinced that Hadi Özilhan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valentin Licerio was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Silverio Jacob in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Karol Ruszkowski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Bülent Ruge fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karol Ruszkowski having to interfere. When Silverio Jacob came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Franja Dorada 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 Silverio Jacob couldn't finish the play. Franja Dorada's Bülent Ruge got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Franja Dorada players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Zgierskie Zlewy were winning 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Silverio Jacob was the one to do the kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Bülent Ruge managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Franja Dorada's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bülent Ruge was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Zgierskie Zlewy's Robert Doicaru in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Franja Dorada's goalie prevented a goal. Franja Dorada's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Robert Doicaru 60 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-3. Valentin Licerio didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 63rd minute, which inside left pole to 0-4. A collision led to Franja Dorada getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Tadeusz Mroczynski hit a great ball. Through an outstanding action, after 70 minutes, Valentin Licerio successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 70 minutes of play, Zgierskie Zlewy's Aureliusz Kosakowski made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentin Licerio was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zgierskie Zlewy made a substitution. Dobromir Rukszcz replaced Norbert Podowski. Zgierskie Zlewy's Krzysztof Petrasz was substituted for Zdzislaw Moczkiewicz. After 75 played minutes Zgierskie Zlewy got a freekick which was hit by Enginalp Kayaalp. Zgierskie Zlewy's Barnaba Bazylnikov was substituted for Robert Doicaru. A collision led to Zgierskie Zlewy getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Enginalp Kayaalp hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Franja Dorada's Bülent Ruge got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 80th minute Barnaba Bazylnikov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Licerio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valentin Licerio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Barnaba Bazylnikov in the 83rd minute. In the 89th minute, Spiridon Peychev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 93rd minute Bülent Ruge shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karol Ruszkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 95 minutes had been played when some careless play by Zgierskie Zlewy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Igor Tartalo was slow to take the kick. During this time Franja Dorada's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Silverio Jacob got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Karol Ruszkowski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The Zgierskie Zlewy players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.