Friendly League

PWR UP Stadium
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Barry Mans got the match started through his kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stefan Raab during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Zielonka Gdansk's Mateusz Marchewka proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Zielonka Gdansk from getting a goal against them. A hard shot by Xerxes Ziebart from long distance, 19 minutes into the match, got Mateusz Marchewka's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. With his leg Mateusz Marchewka managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when RD Hamburg's Stefan Raab fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 32nd minute Tobiasz Czempa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pascal Finke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Zielonka Gdansk getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Tobiasz Czempa hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Zielonka Gdansk's Kryspin Puchlik got a free kick in the 34th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jurand Cielencki in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pascal Finke saved RD Hamburg from getting behind. In the 40th minute, Tobiasz Czempa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wincent Cytrynski hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Zielonka Gdansk's Mateusz Marchewka got control of the ball when Stefan Raab tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to RD Hamburg getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Maxim Heupel hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in RD Hamburg's zone, Tobiasz Czempa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pascal Finke came out of the goal and Tobiasz Czempa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tobiasz Czempa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tobiasz Czempa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pascal Finke came out and tried to block the shot, but Tobiasz Czempa slotted it home off the left post making it 0-1 in the 56th minute. In the 60th minute Wincent Cytrynski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pascal Finke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pascal Finke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wincent Cytrynski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In a very dangerous position, a player in Zielonka Gdansk fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 64th minute. Penalty! In the 65th minute, Barry Mans ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mateusz Marchewka was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. After a defensive mix-up in Zielonka Gdansk's zone, Stefan Raab stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mateusz Marchewka came out of the goal and Stefan Raab tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Witalis Ratulowski kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Mateusz Marchewka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Raab in the 71st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Zielonka Gdansk's Daniel Dawiec got a free kick in the 73rd minute. When Barry Mans came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the RD Hamburg 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 Barry Mans couldn't finish the play. Barry Mans took the ball and in the 75 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mateusz Marchewka. Mateusz Marchewka dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. RD Hamburg made a substitution. Bum-Kun Kästle replaced Siegmund Schenk. If Stefan Raab had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pascal Finke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tobiasz Czempa in the 84th minute of the match. Zielonka Gdansk's Mateusz Marchewka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Barry Mans in the 85th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Jurand Cielencki left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zielonka Gdansk fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Mateusz Marchewka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefan Raab, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 96 played minutes Zielonka Gdansk got a freekick which was hit by Wincent Cytrynski. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Zielonka Gdansk players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.