Tułowice1899 2 - 3 Trojkolorowa (371922389)

Clouds darkened the skies at Tułowice Arena as 23977 spectators turned up for the match. Adalger Rauschke was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Geert Damen and Franco Pierobon. A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Tułowice1899. Lineup: Gansty - Boguta, Sarv, Rusin, Apanowicz, Lis - Raes, Boogert, Kajkowski - Taube, Cholewiński.

Trojkolorowa tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Aikio - Haren, Garavano, Dziubany - Profic, Theuerer, Pakhomov, Mailat, Dulina - Glass, Tellborg.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Tułowice1899. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, F. Kajkowski got himself booked. The manager of Tułowice1899 was not happy. Some things can only be learned through experience, and G. Boogert should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Trojkolorowa a goal with 27 minutes of the match played. Trojkolorowa's W. Garavano had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 35 minutes having been played. S. Grodzicki was the replacement. L. Dziubany was handed the Trojkolorowa captain's armband. Tułowice1899 almost scored after a swift counterattack 39 minutes into the game, but B. Lis put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 40 minutes into the match left Trojkolorowa's Y. Glass completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. D. Boguta was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from Tułowice1899's defence 41 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 1 - 1. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave L. Dulina from Trojkolorowa a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 42 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Tułowice1899 were forced into a substitution as B. Lis couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing G. Jurczewski to come in off the bench. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Trojkolorowa, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

K. Tellborg came close to putting the visiting team one up 57 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but H. Gansty managed to tip the ball to a corner. Tułowice1899's H. Sarv was shown a yellow card after 63 minutes for slicing down an opponent. L. Dziubany was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Trojkolorowa's M. Kochman had to come off the bench. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, N. Haren took over the role of being the Trojkolorowa captain. 73 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but K. Tellborg, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. After 77 minutes, Trojkolorowa put themselves up 1 - 2, as J. Profic finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 81 minutes played, D. Boguta of Tułowice1899 made the score 2 - 2. Trojkolorowa took the lead after 83 minutes making the score 2 - 3. Y. Glass placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Trojkolorowa claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

C. Cholewiński performed admirably for Tułowice1899. H. Gansty turned in a dismal performance, however. Trojkolorowa's top performer was clearly D. Theuerer. S. Grodzicki was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 3.