Tomaszów 4 - 1 Tytonie (387673360)

A scorching day at Adidas Park, where 8108 spectators were in place for today's match. Joel Kuokkanen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Palle Basse and Tuure Linkova. All of Łódzkie was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. Tomaszów decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Burandt - Tatarek, Lex, Kiriakidis - Gołkowski, Ferrugem, Hourdin, Jedersberger, Persson - Bąkowicz, Dudzik.

Tytonie started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Abadian - Żuławski, Hampel, Mavrenko, Wołek - Jażdżewski, Pilawka, Należyty, Pałyga - Krystkiewicz, Cano.

The sun seemed to put T. Ferrugem in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. Some great play up the middle by Tomaszów led to a chance for N. Hourdin to score after 19 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. The referee showed Tytonie's E. Cano the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Tomaszów took the lead after 26 minutes as a result of M. Bąkowicz's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. Tomaszów's J. Persson was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - D. Dudzik managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 2 - 0 after 40 minutes. After 43 minutes Tytonie's Ł. Pałyga contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. After 43 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Tomaszów was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. After 43 minutes, Tytonie's P. Należyty fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! 44 minutes into the match M. Bąkowicz put Tomaszów ahead 3 - 0 with a truly marvelous free kick. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Tomaszów claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

N. Hourdin wanted to play on, but the Tomaszów coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by J. Bereś. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Tomaszów scored another to make it 4 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for D. Dudzik after 64 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Tomaszów lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs C. Lex found it hard to get back into position. With 70 minutes played, Tomaszów's J. Persson almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. D. Dudzik left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 75 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. A. Chruszcz was the replacement. Tytonie reduced the lead after 75 minutes to 4 - 1 as C. Żuławski easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. The Tomaszów players could smell victory in the air. C. Lex wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for M. Abramov after 85 minutes. Tomaszów had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

Tomaszów's best player was T. Ferrugem. M. Abramov on the other hand, had a terrible day. Tytonie's top performer was clearly W. Pilawka. K. Abadian was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 1.