Challenge

Arena Skarpa Ełk
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Metod Mlynar started the match with the kick off. Mieszko Mazierski kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. The supporters of Slovakia booed when Skarpa Ełk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julian Wolicki didn't get a good kick on the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Vavrinec Koleno in the 8th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Skarpa Ełk's Mieszko Mazierski. Skarpa Ełk's attentive Cyryl Dziedziak managed to snatch the ball when Daniel Suchy made a throw-in in the 13th minute of the game. In the 18th minute, Skarpa Ełk's Julian Wolicki dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Ondrej Biskup got a free kick in the 21st minute. Zigmund Maliar made in the 26th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Skarpa Ełk's Wladyslaw Borczak. After a defensive mix-up in Skarpa Ełk's zone, Metod Mlynar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Olaf Soroka came out of the goal and Metod Mlynar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Skarpa Ełk defense, Metod Mlynar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Olaf Soroka. The Skarpa Ełk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Olaf Soroka should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Daniel Suchy got a free kick in the 39th minute. Zigmund Maliar made in the 43rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Pavol Koleno immediately put the ball in play. After some careless play in the Skarpa Ełk defense, Ondrej Biskup kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Olaf Soroka. The Skarpa Ełk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Olaf Soroka should have stopped the shot. The Skarpa Ełk players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Slovakia were winning 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mateusz Wojtkiewicz to strike the kick off in the second half. When Metod Mlynar came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Slovakia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Metod Mlynar couldn't finish the play. After having played for 54 minutes, Oliver Holub managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Slovakia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Oliver Holub was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Skarpa Ełk's Olaf Soroka proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Skarpa Ełk from getting a goal against them. After 56 minutes, Pavol Koleno mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Slovakia and the Skarpa Ełk players grew even worse after the yellow card. Pavol Koleno kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Skarpa Ełk's attentive Mieszko Mazierski managed to snatch the ball when Vít Biskup made a throw-in in the 61st minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Pavol Koleno got a free kick in the 61st minute. After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Vít Biskup got a free kick in the 68th minute. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Metod Mlynar took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Olaf Soroka to make any attempt to save it. 76 minutes into the game, Eugeniusz Wawrukiewicz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Skarpa Ełk's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Slovakia the free kick. In the 76th minute, Eugeniusz Wawrukiewicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Skarpa Ełk's Stefan Waselewicz quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Zigmund Maliar, made in the 79th minute of the game. Metod Mlynar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Olaf Soroka made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oliver Holub in the 94th minute of play forced Skarpa Ełk's goalkeeper Olaf Soroka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Slovakia eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.