League Play-Off

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Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Szczepan Kociniewski started the match with the kick off. Bartlomiej Dobrowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marek Balonek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Michal Dziedelonis in the 4th minute. Michal Dziedelonis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marek Balonek made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Miroslaw Mentus sent off a good shot on target. The attack was good, but when Bartlomiej Dobrowski in the 14th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. After 15 minutes, Ignacy Kinic mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stryszawa and the Opus Dei players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 16 played minutes Stryszawa got a freekick which was hit by Ignacy Kinic. After having played for 18 minutes, Bartlomiej Dobrowski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Opus Dei's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bartlomiej Dobrowski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Stryszawa's Marek Balonek proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Stryszawa from getting a goal against them. After having played for 25 minutes, Michal Dziedelonis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Opus Dei's supporters crossed their fingers, but Michal Dziedelonis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Through an outstanding action, after 27 minutes, Marek Balonek successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After a rather tough play, Stryszawa's Zula Wozniak got a free kick in the 32nd minute. After 33 played minutes, Opus Dei's Zygmunt Kempski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marek Balonek 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 Opus Dei reached it. In the 34thth minute of the game Bartlomiej Dobrowski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Stryszawa's Marek Balonek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Opus Dei's Bartlomiej Dobrowski in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stryszawa's goalie prevented a goal. Michal Dziedelonis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marek Balonek having to interfere. In the 43rd minute, Opus Dei's Miroslaw Mentus dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bartlomiej Dobrowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Zula Hryc came free with the goalkeeper in the 54th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Waclaw Wos could save by the left post. The crowd rose to their feet as Szczepan Kociniewski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Waclaw Wos. That made the score 1-1 in the 60 minute of play. Zbyszko Bakes's late challenge caught a Stryszawa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zbyszko Bakes helped the player get up and apologised. 63 minutes into the game, one of Opus Dei:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Waclaw Wos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Szczepan Kociniewski in the 68th minute of the match. If Bartlomiej Dobrowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Waclaw Wos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ignacy Kinic in the 80th minute. Marek Balonek came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Opus Dei's Michal Dziedelonis. But to his dismay, Michal Dziedelonis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Szczepan Kociniewski in the 85th minute of play forced Opus Dei's goalkeeper Waclaw Wos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Waclaw Wos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lukasz Adamski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the match, Michal Dziedelonis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marek Balonek. Stryszawa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Michal Dziedelonis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. 97 minutes into the match, Miroslaw Mentus had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marek Balonek. Stryszawa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Miroslaw Mentus was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Opus Dei fans cheered their team off the field, for while Stryszawa had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.