Friendly League

Manly Oval
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Randle Rutledge started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Wit Fudalej mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Joga Bonito and the Manly FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Joga Bonito's Wit Fudalej got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Amos Buckland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radowit Pionek in the 5th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Manly FC defense, Radowit Pionek kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Amos Buckland. The Manly FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Amos Buckland should have stopped the shot. When Manly FC's Randle Rutledge in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Joga Bonito's goalie prevented a goal. If Radowit Pionek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Randle Rutledge got free with Iwan Hryc in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Manly FC booed when Joga Bonito was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tobiasz Henryk didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wit Fudalej kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Joga Bonito's Dominik Wierzchowski got a free kick in the 21st minute. After 25 minutes, Randle Rutledge made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Joga Bonito's Iwan Hryc tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Joga Bonito's Iwan Hryc proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Joga Bonito from getting a goal against them. Iwan Hryc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Randle Rutledge in the 32nd minute of play. Randle Rutledge struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Iwan Hryc didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Manly FC. Iwan Hryc stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Svetoslav Vardarov's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. After 39 played minutes Joga Bonito got a freekick which was hit by Radowit Pionek. Svetoslav Vardarov struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Iwan Hryc didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Manly FC. Iwan Hryc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Randle Rutledge, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tobiasz Henryk kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Radowit Pionek stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Randle Rutledge in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Iwan Hryc saved Joga Bonito from getting behind. After 56 minutes, Gustaw Kolbert mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Joga Bonito and the Manly FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 56 played minutes Joga Bonito got a freekick which was hit by Gustaw Kolbert. In the 58th minute Randle Rutledge shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iwan Hryc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hugon Mios charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hugon Mios the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Manly FC made a substitution. Valentino Panetta replaced Irwin Pustak. After a rather tough play, Joga Bonito's Hugon Mios got a free kick in the 64th minute. In the 65thth minute of the game Randle Rutledge who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Joga Bonito's Iwan Hryc was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodd Laing in the 72nd minute of play forced Joga Bonito's goalkeeper Iwan Hryc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iwan Hryc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodd Laing in the 74th minute of the match. Tobiasz Henryk took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Amos Buckland. Amos Buckland dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. A collision led to Manly FC getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Svetoslav Vardarov hit a great ball. Joga Bonito's Szymon Maciejewski got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Radomir Ciszewski fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Joga Bonito's protests and gave Radomir Ciszewski a yellow card for diving instead. Iwan Hryc didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rodd Laing went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Manly FC fully deserved thier win.