Prized/Friendly Cup

CARLITOS BIANCHI
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Evelio Bladi took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the game, Evelio Bladi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Marek Gdowik was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 13th minute Tomás Txilar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marek Gdowik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Octavio Argenis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marek Gdowik having to interfere. With a little luck, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Marek Gdowik got control of the ball when Sergio Txurio tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marek Gdowik made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Octavio Argenis sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Arkadiusz Zaworski got a free kick in the 19th minute. In the 21st minute Arkadiusz Zaworski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruperto Urre saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 22 played minutes ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź got a freekick which was hit by Jurand Wojtkiewicz. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dionisio Ortzi was slow to take the kick. During this time El ABUELO FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Dionisio Ortzi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Marek Gdowik did a great save. After 26 minutes, Franciszek Iwaszko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź and the El ABUELO FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee felt a red card was in order, 29 minutes into the game, when Wlodzimierz Lewkowicz put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 29th minute of the game. One of ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of El ABUELO FC:s goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Franciszek Iwaszko in the 37th minute of play forced El ABUELO FC's goalkeeper Ruperto Urre to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, El ABUELO FC's Tomás Txilar got a free kick in the 39th minute. Sergio Txurio received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marek Gdowik came out and tried to block the shot, but Sergio Txurio slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 41st minute. After 43 played minutes ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź got a freekick which was hit by Arkadiusz Zaworski. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arkadiusz Zaworski was the one to do the kick off. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Marek Gdowik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Serafin Eskuin in the 51st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Octavio Argenis during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Octavio Argenis hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. El ABUELO FC's Tomás Txilar got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Marek Gdowik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evelio Bladi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marek Gdowik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evelio Bladi in the 71st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Txilar in the 72nd minute of play forced ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Marek Gdowik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goal looked a bit too open when Evelio Bladi came free, but Marek Gdowik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 77 minutes into the match, Evelio Bladi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marek Gdowik. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Evelio Bladi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. In the 80th minute, Tomás Txilar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El ABUELO FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. In the 83rd minute, Dionisio Ortzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Bogdan Zagrobelny couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 84th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for El ABUELO FC. Marek Gdowik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomás Txilar in the 85th minute of play. In the 90th minute of the match El ABUELO FC got a corner. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dionisio Ortzi ran over to the corner to take the kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Evelio Bladi during the 91st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź booed when El ABUELO FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Hori didn't get a good kick on the ball. El ABUELO FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.