Friendly League

Benzema Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Randy Demers started the match with the kick off. After 4 played minutes Marshrose got a freekick which was hit by Byron Wills. Frances Tisserand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Witomir Molski in the 7th minute of play. Fryderyk Nocny was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Arlie Sutton showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. A collision led to Marshrose getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Antony Sutherland hit a great ball. 13 minutes into the match, Marshrose's goal looked a bit too open when Witomir Molski came free, but Frances Tisserand reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Concordia Knurów's defense didn't have a chance, in the 16th minute, when Randy Demers scored to the left of an out of position Fryderyk Nocny, making the score, 2-0. A collision led to Concordia Knurów getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Karol Budzyn hit a great ball. The supporters of Concordia Knurów booed when Marshrose was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alphonse Ring didn't get a good kick on the ball. Frances Tisserand didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Slawomir Puchlik went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Slawomir Puchlik in the 29th minute of play forced Marshrose's goalkeeper Frances Tisserand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Columbus Long was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 31 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 31st minute of the game. One of Marshrose:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Concordia Knurów:s goal. The referee gave Concordia Knurów a penalty, 33 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Borys Tokarczyk, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Marshrose's Frances Tisserand. 2-3. Frances Tisserand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slawomir Puchlik in the 36th minute of play. Miroslaw Glozor sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fryderyk Nocny made an important save on a dangerous shot by Brice Bergman in the 46th minute. After the first half Concordia Knurów were leading 2-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Slawomir Puchlik to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karol Budzyn in the 52nd minute of play forced Marshrose's goalkeeper Frances Tisserand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slawomir Puchlik came free with the goalkeeper in the 53rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Frances Tisserand could save by the left post. Frances Tisserand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Witomir Molski in the 55th minute of the match. Byron Wills received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Fryderyk Nocny tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Randy Demers in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fryderyk Nocny saved Concordia Knurów from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Concordia Knurów's Stanislaw Cichocki got a free kick in the 67th minute. Randy Demers recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 68th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Slawomir Puchlik came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Concordia Knurów 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 Slawomir Puchlik couldn't finish the play. Slawomir Puchlik scored 2-4 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Frances Tisserand, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Slawomir Puchlik took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Frances Tisserand. Frances Tisserand dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-5. Frances Tisserand made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Slawomir Puchlik sent off a good shot on target. Witomir Molski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 88 played minutes Marshrose got a freekick which was hit by Jason Charron. The Concordia Knurów players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.