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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, 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. Kevin Reid started the match with the kick off. A throw-in in the 3rd minute of the game was made by Stefan Pozorski with Adam Buksa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The supporters of Gloria Steinem Liberty booed when Widzew Łódź was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stefan Pozorski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Christopher Norfolk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 12 minutes, Stefan Pozorski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Widzew Łódź and the Gloria Steinem Liberty players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 12 played minutes Widzew Łódź got a freekick which was hit by Stefan Pozorski. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Kevin Reid managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gloria Steinem Liberty's supporters rose to their feet, but Kevin Reid was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Boguslaw Waselewicz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 21st minute, Widzew Łódź's Adam Buksa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ben Hazel. Ben Hazel yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Gloria Steinem Liberty's Daniel Ireland managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Stefan Pozorski in the 23 minute of the game. In the 27th match minute, Widzew Łódź was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damian Pierz to maneuver through the defense. Boguslaw Waselewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christopher Norfolk in the 30th minute of play. 31 minutes into the game, Widzew Łódź's Adam Buksa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ben Hazel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. When Kevin Reid came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Gloria Steinem Liberty 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 Kevin Reid couldn't finish the play. If Adam Buksa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 41 minutes into the match, Gloria Steinem Liberty's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Buksa came free, but Ben Hazel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Adam Buksa was the one to do the kick off. Wieslaw Miecznikowski kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Widzew Łódź's Boguslaw Waselewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Widzew Łódź from getting a goal against them. A hard shot 57 in the game by Kevin Reid from a close distance when the talented Boguslaw Waselewicz managed to make a qualified save. Widzew Łódź's players were relieved. Fabian Zembrzuski's late challenge caught a Gloria Steinem Liberty's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabian Zembrzuski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th minute, Fabian Zembrzuski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Widzew Łódź's Boguslaw Waselewicz got control of the ball when Christopher Norfolk tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Adam Buksa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ben Hazel was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Yawei Ma hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Kevin Reid could shoot a difficult shot in the 69th minute, which Boguslaw Waselewicz however easily saved by the left post. In the 73rd minute, Gloria Steinem Liberty's Kevin Reid dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adam Buksa in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ben Hazel saved Gloria Steinem Liberty from getting behind. Ben Hazel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adam Buksa went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. In the 82nd minute, Adam Buksa made a precise shot to the right of Ben Hazel. Gloria Steinem Liberty's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Adam Buksa took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ben Hazel. Ben Hazel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. With an all-out effort, Gloria Steinem Liberty's Boguslaw Waselewicz threw himself towards the right post 88 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kevin Reid, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Widzew Łódź's attentive Gilbert Wos managed to snatch the ball when Yawei Ma made a throw-in in the 90th minute of the game. 92 minutes into the match, Widzew Łódź's Adam Buksa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ben Hazel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ben Hazel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Buksa, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Damian Pierz hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. The Widzew Łódź support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.