Official Cup

Kazimierza Deyny
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cezary Kucharski kicked off to start the match. Cezary Kucharski who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 8thth minute tested the skills of Erdinç Yalgın when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Lech Latkiewicz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Côme Collet's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Léonard Beauchamp might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lech Latkiewicz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Léonard Beauchamp ran back to his position shaking his head. 20 minutes into the match, Mans's goalkeeper Erdinç Yalgın had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marek Sagan. In the 22nd minute, Eusébio Cosme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute, Cezary Kucharski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Legia Warszawa 【L】 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Erdinç Yalgın showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cezary Kucharski, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Mans's Erdinç Yalgın played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cezary Kucharski in the 35th minute of play. In the 44th match minute, Mans was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Su Xiang Lin to maneuver through the defense. Cezary Kucharski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Erdinç Yalgın tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 47 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mans's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bogdan Poreda was slow to take the kick. During this time Legia Warszawa 【L】's players had a chance to rest. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Su Xiang Lin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Deng Tian Jun during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 54 played minutes, Legia Warszawa 【L】's Bogdan Poreda shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Erdinç Yalgın came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Legia Warszawa 【L】 reached it. Lech Latkiewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Côme Collet, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Lech Latkiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusébio Cosme in the 61st minute of the match. Su Xiang Lin who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 67thth minute tested the skills of Lech Latkiewicz when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Côme Collet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lech Latkiewicz having to interfere. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Roman Kosecki was substituted for Lech Porajewski. In the 74th minute, Jacek Kazimierz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Legia Warszawa 【L】's Marek Sagan got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Legia Warszawa 【L】 made a substitution. Lech Trac replaced Mariusz Jop. In the 83rd minute Bogdan Poreda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erdinç Yalgın saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Poreda in the 83rd minute of play forced Mans's goalkeeper Erdinç Yalgın to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Mans defense, Marek Sagan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Erdinç Yalgın. The Mans fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Erdinç Yalgın should have stopped the shot. 88 minutes into the match, Cezary Kucharski notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Mans's Erdinç Yalgın. Erdinç Yalgın was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lech Latkiewicz made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Su Xiang Lin sent off a good shot on target. 94 minutes into the match, Mans's goal looked a bit too open when Bogdan Poreda came free, but Erdinç Yalgın reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Mans's Alfred Bourlier got a free kick in the 95th minute. Erdinç Yalgın took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marek Sagan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Legia Warszawa 【L】 fans cheered their team off the field, for while Mans had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.