Challenge

Peter Westen Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jedrzej Bendyk took the kick off in the first half of the match. Barnaba Kociniewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toni Mauzer in the 4th minute of play. Emalia Olkusz's Barnaba Kociniewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damir Pongrac in the 5th minute of play. 7 minutes into the match, Damir Pongrac notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Emalia Olkusz's Barnaba Kociniewski. Barnaba Kociniewski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Kajetan Gaszynski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ilija Skugor read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. After 13 minutes of play, Croatia's Martin Bosak made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Barnaba Kociniewski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jedrzej Bendyk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Martin Bosak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Barnaba Kociniewski was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Toni Mauzer in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Barnaba Kociniewski saved Emalia Olkusz from getting behind. Emalia Olkusz's Boguslaw Wodaszak quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Silvije Santek, made in the 25th minute of the game. In the 30thth minute of the game Toni Mauzer who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Emalia Olkusz's Barnaba Kociniewski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Jedrzej Bendyk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toni Mauzer in the 34th minute of play forced Emalia Olkusz's goalkeeper Barnaba Kociniewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Toni Mauzer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emalia Olkusz's Barnaba Kociniewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Bosak in the 40th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Toni Mauzer in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Barnaba Kociniewski prevented the ball from getting in the gole.

52 minutes into the match, Emalia Olkusz's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Bosak came free, but Barnaba Kociniewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 53rd minute, Damir Pongrac hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Neven Culina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Barnaba Kociniewski made a huge save. After 59 minutes, Boguslaw Wodaszak mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Emalia Olkusz and the Croatia players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Emalia Olkusz getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Boguslaw Wodaszak hit a great ball. Barnaba Kociniewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toni Mauzer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Barnaba Kociniewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Bosak in the 61st minute of the match. Damir Pongrac fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Barnaba Kociniewski having to interfere. With a little luck, Emalia Olkusz's Barnaba Kociniewski got control of the ball when Dinko Stankovic tried to sneak it across the goal line. Emalia Olkusz's Barnaba Kociniewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toni Mauzer in the 64th minute of play. Damir Pongrac received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Barnaba Kociniewski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Barnaba Kociniewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Mauzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Damir Pongrac sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Barnaba Kociniewski managed to avoid a goal in the 75thth minute, when Croatia's Toni Mauzer fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 76 minutes, Wasyl Rostow mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Emalia Olkusz and the Croatia players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 76th minute, Wasyl Rostow hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emalia Olkusz's defense didn't have a chance, in the 77th minute, when Toni Mauzer scored to the left of an out of position Barnaba Kociniewski, making the score, 0-5. Emalia Olkusz's Boguslaw Wodaszak quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Patrik Terzic, made in the 81st minute of the game. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Czeslaw Dziuma in the 83rd minute of play. Emalia Olkusz's Barnaba Kociniewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toni Mauzer in the 88th minute of play. Emalia Olkusz's Barnaba Kociniewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Bosak in the 92nd minute of play. Damir Pongrac recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpected shot in the 94th minute by Dinko Stankovic got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Croatia's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.