Sarnia 2 - 1 GRIZZLIES (387288176)

39996 punters turned up at Stadion Leśny, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Jose Luis Raffo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Zacharias Mäschle and Kurt Grieshaber. Sarnia decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Ako-Adjei - Metsänperä, van Kallen, Béhague - Josefsen, Elstal, Schlosser, Roekaers, Laguda - Hupe, Chesterton.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for GRIZZLIES. They fielded: De Nisco - Morvan, de Bares, Dupré, Kazemian - Maślona, Lisewski, Matos Teixeira, Sierkowski, Gnieciak - Pirini.

GRIZZLIES clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of GRIZZLIES's R. Maślona after 7 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. After 12 minutes, E. Roekaers got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Sarnia claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

F. Chesterton made a superb strike after 58 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Sarnia's M. Béhague got himself booked for a foul. A loud groan was heard from the fans of GRIZZLIES, as A. de Bares left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. Ł. Birkholc took his place on the field. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 67 minutes played, G. Laguda of Sarnia made the score 1 - 1. Sarnia took the lead after 73 minutes as a result of F. Chesterton's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 2 - 1. T. Hupe could have increased the lead after 75 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sarnia, with 59 percent of the ball.

Sarnia's top performer was clearly F. Chesterton. M. Béhague on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important GRIZZLIES player was L. Matos Teixeira. However, Ł. Birkholc made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.