Prized/Friendly Cup

Floriana Krygiera
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Norbert Major took the kick off in the first half of the match. Denílson Hermes hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Norbert Major kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Santo Marcos. That made the score 2-0 in the 13 minute of play. Sebastião Xoxe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Denílson Hermes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pogoń Szczecin's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Iwan de Lange was slow to take the kick. During this time I Dont CopyXML Tactics's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to I Dont CopyXML Tactics's Antônio Carlos Nascimento getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Santo Marcos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norbert Major in the 21st minute of play. After 28 played minutes Pogoń Szczecin got a freekick which was hit by Dariusz Harbaszewski. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Norbert Major managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pogoń Szczecin's supporters rose to their feet, but Norbert Major was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Santo Marcos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Darko Pančev took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Santo Marcos. Santo Marcos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. After a rather tough play, Pogoń Szczecin's Stefanos Stefanopoulos got a free kick in the 43rd minute. 47 minutes into the match, Norbert Major had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Santo Marcos. I Dont CopyXML Tactics's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Norbert Major was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mario Steinmetz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Norbert Major might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Santo Marcos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Norbert Major ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 61st minute Norbert Major shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santo Marcos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 62nd minute, Stefanos Stefanopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. I Dont CopyXML Tactics's Erasmo de Andrade was substituted for Denílson Hermes. Stefanos Stefanopoulos hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. I Dont CopyXML Tactics's Santo Marcos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norbert Major in the 65th minute of play. I Dont CopyXML Tactics's Santo Marcos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norbert Major in the 68th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Norbert Major's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Santo Marcos was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Santo Marcos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Norbert Major went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. 83 minutes into the match, Pogoń Szczecin's goal looked a bit too open when Mario Steinmetz came free, but Sebastião Xoxe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. I Dont CopyXML Tactics made a substitution. Jelle Meijeringh replaced Evandro Diniz. In the 85th minute I Dont CopyXML Tactics were awarded a corner. Iwan de Lange went to the cornerflag to take it. I Dont CopyXML Tactics's Iwan de Lange was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Sebastião Xoxe in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in Pogoń Szczecin's zone, Mario Steinmetz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sebastião Xoxe came out of the goal and Mario Steinmetz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 96 minutes into the game, Dorival Vidal was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. I Dont CopyXML Tactics's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pogoń Szczecin the free kick. After 96 played minutes I Dont CopyXML Tactics got a freekick which was hit by Dorival Vidal. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Pogoń Szczecin fans cheered their team off the field, for while I Dont CopyXML Tactics had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.