Friendly League

Decathlon Arena
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. Tytus Ranowiecki started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, AKS Chorzów's goalkeeper Iwan Fafinski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chiel Middeljans. The Decathlon Dudes fans' excitement grew in the 5th match minute when Decathlon Dudes's Wilco Keldermans looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Tytus Ranowiecki scored 1-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabian Janssens, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, AKS Chorzów's Iwan Fafinski got control of the ball when Chiel Middeljans tried to sneak it across the goal line. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by AKS Chorzów's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daan Wegman was slow to take the kick. During this time Decathlon Dudes's players had a chance to rest. The audience was convinced that Daan Wegman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iwan Fafinski was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Bixintxo Clusella kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Daan Wegman got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 33rd minute, Tytus Ranowiecki left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AKS Chorzów fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. A collision led to AKS Chorzów getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Bixintxo Clusella hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, AKS Chorzów's Tadeusz Siembab got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Chiel Middeljans took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iwan Fafinski. Iwan Fafinski 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.

The wind increased when Chiel Middeljans made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Wilco Keldermans left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Decathlon Dudes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Iwan Fafinski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Japke Fellinger, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Iwan Fafinski came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Decathlon Dudes's Wilco Keldermans. But to his dismay, Wilco Keldermans quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chiel Middeljans in the 66th minute of play forced AKS Chorzów's goalkeeper Iwan Fafinski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th match minute, AKS Chorzów was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bixintxo Clusella to maneuver through the defense. Tadeusz Siembab charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tadeusz Siembab the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 71st minute, Tadeusz Siembab hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute Daan Wegman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iwan Fafinski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chiel Middeljans in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Iwan Fafinski saved AKS Chorzów from getting behind. When Luuk Theunissen fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Decathlon Dudes's protests and gave Luuk Theunissen a yellow card for diving instead. After 84 played minutes Decathlon Dudes got a freekick which was hit by Luuk Theunissen. Jonas Vingegaard kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Zbyszko Bartelak might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fabian Janssens. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zbyszko Bartelak ran back to his position shaking his head. There was no doubt that Decathlon Dudes were the better team. Decathlon Dudes's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.