World League

Santiago Bernabéu
Spectators: 7701 (Terracing: 5777, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Lucjan Laba started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Norbert Hryc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Kosecki in the 3rd minute of play. Lucjan Laba received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lech Latkiewicz came out and tried to block the shot, but Lucjan Laba slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 7th minute. In the 9th match minute, Chojnickie Byki was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fábio Cannavaro to maneuver through the defense. Lucjan Laba might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lech Latkiewicz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lucjan Laba ran back to his position shaking his head. 13 minutes into the match, Legia Warszawa 【L】's goal looked a bit too open when Lucjan Laba came free, but Lech Latkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alfred Pincoski kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucjan Laba got free with Lech Latkiewicz in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 23 minutes Legia Warszawa 【L】's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fabian Penczkowski who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Chojnickie Byki's corner Fabian Penczkowski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lech Latkiewicz quite easily take care of the ball. Lucjan Laba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Lech Latkiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucjan Laba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucjan Laba got free with Lech Latkiewicz in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Piotr Biraga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Lech Latkiewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Legia Warszawa 【L】 from getting a goal against them. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Lech Latkiewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Legia Warszawa 【L】 from getting a goal against them. Fabian Zdeb kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. In the 34th minute Marek Sagan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norbert Hryc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 36 minutes, Lucjan Laba took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Lech Latkiewicz to make any attempt to save it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucjan Laba got free with Lech Latkiewicz in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The wind increased when Tạ Mara made the kick off in the second half. Norbert Hryc made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Roman Kosecki sent off a good shot on target. Legia Warszawa 【L】 were awarded a corner in the 52th minute after Chojnickie Byki's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Szymon Grunwalski took the corner. Lech Latkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabian Penczkowski in the 54th minute of play. Lech Latkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucjan Laba in the 59th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Legia Warszawa 【L】's goal looked a bit too open when Lucjan Laba came free, but Lech Latkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chojnickie Byki made a substitution. Sebastian Domalik replaced Piotr Biraga. In the 65th minute, Lech Trac hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucjan Laba in the 73rd minute of play forced Legia Warszawa 【L】's goalkeeper Lech Latkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Chojnickie Byki's Norbert Hryc got control of the ball when Szymon Grunwalski tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Szymon Grunwalski got free with Norbert Hryc in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lech Porajewski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Ludomil Hajder was substituted for Lech Porajewski. Dobromir Dankowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Lech Latkiewicz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Legia Warszawa 【L】 defense, Dobromir Dankowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lech Latkiewicz. The Legia Warszawa 【L】 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lech Latkiewicz should have stopped the shot. 95 minutes into the match, Tạ Mara dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Norbert Hryc, 3-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Chojnickie Byki had won after a very even match.