World League

Kazimierza Deyny
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bryan Nightingale started the match with the kick off. Wladyslaw Hajto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bogdan Poreda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wladyslaw Hajto made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Marek Sagan sent off a good shot on target. Wladyslaw Hajto made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Cezary Kucharski sent off a good shot on target. 13 minutes into the match, Afrykańskie Świnie's goal looked a bit too open when Lech Porajewski came free, but Wladyslaw Hajto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15th minute Cezary Kucharski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wladyslaw Hajto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lech Latkiewicz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bryan Nightingale went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Marek Sagan did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-1 to the left of a surprised Wladyslaw Hajto 30 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cezary Kucharski in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wladyslaw Hajto prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 37 minutes into the match, Legia Warszawa 【L】's goal looked a bit too open when Jaroslaw Klawki came free, but Lech Latkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andrzej Pliszka hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Jacek Kazimierz got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bogdan Poreda in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Wladyslaw Hajto saved Afrykańskie Świnie from getting behind. The supporters of Legia Warszawa 【L】 booed when Afrykańskie Świnie was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emanuel Bărbânță didn't get a good kick on the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cezary Kucharski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bryan Nightingale in the 52nd minute of play forced Legia Warszawa 【L】's goalkeeper Lech Latkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cezary Kucharski in the 54th minute of play forced Afrykańskie Świnie's goalkeeper Wladyslaw Hajto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Cezary Kucharski put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Wladyslaw Hajto. Legia Warszawa 【L】 made a substitution. Lech Trac replaced Mariusz Jop. 68 minutes into the game, Andrzej Pliszka was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Afrykańskie Świnie's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Legia Warszawa 【L】 the free kick. In the 68th minute, one of Afrykańskie Świnie:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Afrykańskie Świnie. 72 minutes into the match, Bogdan Poreda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wladyslaw Hajto. Afrykańskie Świnie's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bogdan Poreda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-1. Emanuel Bărbânță hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fernando Rogel got free with Lech Latkiewicz in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Afrykańskie Świnie's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Emanuel Bărbânță in the 78th minute. The corner ended in Emanuel Bărbânță almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Legia Warszawa 【L】's Lech Latkiewicz did a great save. After a rather tough play, Afrykańskie Świnie's Radowit Pinczewski got a free kick in the 79th minute. After 80 minutes of play, Legia Warszawa 【L】's Marek Sagan made it 8-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wladyslaw Hajto was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Bogdan Poreda came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Legia Warszawa 【L】 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 Bogdan Poreda couldn't finish the play. Wladyslaw Hajto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogdan Poreda, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. When Marek Sagan came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Legia Warszawa 【L】 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 Marek Sagan couldn't finish the play. In the 94th minute Cezary Kucharski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wladyslaw Hajto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 95 played minutes Afrykańskie Świnie got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Bărbânță. Wladyslaw Hajto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cezary Kucharski went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-1 was the resulting score. Afrykańskie Świnie's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.