Arena Skarpa Ełk
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124,
Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mieszko Mazierski got the match started through his kick off. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Vicco Oolo put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jedrzej Grucza. A collision led to Skarpa Ełk getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Skay Škarpa hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Ulysses Baldwin made a precise shot to the right of Jedrzej Grucza. Skarpa Ełk's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Ulysses Baldwin charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ulysses Baldwin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Skarpa Ełk booed when The Northmen Army was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ulysses Baldwin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomas Vennerlund didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mieszko Mazierski went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Vicco Oolo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jedrzej Grucza read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. In the 21st match minute, The Northmen Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jörgen Åström to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in The Northmen Army's zone, Barnaba Weyna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tomas Vennerlund came out of the goal and Barnaba Weyna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A throw-in in the 26th minute of the game was made by Jurand Golob with Olaf Soroka as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After a rather tough play, The Northmen Army's Svit Snabb got a free kick in the 27th minute. The Northmen Army's Tomas Vennerlund proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save The Northmen Army from getting a goal against them. Jedrzej Grucza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vicco Oolo in the 30th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jörgen Åström during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Skarpa Ełk booed when The Northmen Army was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jörgen Åström didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Skarpa Ełk's Jano Škarpa got a free kick in the 34th minute. In the 35th minute, Vicco Oolo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to The Northmen Army getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Beau Bonnafoux hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mieszko Mazierski got free with Tomas Vennerlund in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 38th minute, Beau Bonnafoux hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 41st minute, one of Skarpa Ełk: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 Skarpa Ełk. Jedrzej Grucza had in the 42ndth minute some difficulties stopping Vicco Oolo's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Jedrzej Grucza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vicco Oolo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of The Northmen Army booed when Skarpa Ełk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wladyslaw Borczak didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half The Northmen Army were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.
The wind increased when Vicco Oolo made the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, The Northmen Army's Jedrzej Grucza threw himself towards the right post 51 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ulysses Baldwin, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a rather tough play, Skarpa Ełk's Wladyslaw Borczak got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Ulysses Baldwin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tomas Vennerlund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mieszko Mazierski in the 57th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vicco Oolo got free with Jedrzej Grucza in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 63rd minute Ulysses Baldwin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jedrzej Grucza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Skarpa Ełk's Jedrzej Grucza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Skarpa Ełk from getting a goal against them. After 74 minutes, Jano Škarpa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Skarpa Ełk and the The Northmen Army players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jano Škarpa hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. The Northmen Army's Patrik Wacherhausen was substituted for Esbjörn Svanström. The Northmen Army made a substitution. Nicko Kličko replaced Vicco Oolo. In the 75th match minute, Skarpa Ełk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jano Škarpa to maneuver through the defense. Jedrzej Grucza made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Nicko Kličko sent off a good shot on target. The Northmen Army's Tomas Vennerlund played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Skay Škarpa in the 79th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Nicko Kličko ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jedrzej Grucza was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. If Best Štriker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Skarpa Ełk booed when The Northmen Army was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Best Štriker didn't get a good kick on the ball. Beau Bonnafoux hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The Skarpa Ełk supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching The Northmen Army's performance. The match ended with a win for The Northmen Army.
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