Challenge

Slovakia Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adam Buksa got the match started through his kick off. Metod Mlynar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Oliver Holub came up free with the goalie in the 6th 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 Oliver Holub couldn't finish the play. Widzew Łódź's Boguslaw Waselewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Widzew Łódź from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adam Buksa in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Henrich Slany prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Vít Biskup got a throw-in 11 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Oliver Holub. In the 14th minute, Adam Buksa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Henrich Slany was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Slovakia's Henrich Slany played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Buksa in the 17th minute of play. Adam Buksa might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Henrich Slany. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adam Buksa ran back to his position shaking his head. Henrich Slany made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Buksa in the 23rd minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Adam Buksa notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Slovakia's Henrich Slany. Henrich Slany was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Adam Buksa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stefan Pozorski hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. In the 43rd minute, Metod Mlynar 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. In the 47th minute, Waclaw Fiszer 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. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Metod Mlynar made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Stefan Pozorski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adam Buksa in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henrich Slany saved Slovakia from getting behind. Henrich Slany took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Buksa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Buksa in the 66th minute of play forced Slovakia's goalkeeper Henrich Slany to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adam Buksa might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Henrich Slany. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adam Buksa ran back to his position shaking his head. Henrich Slany took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Buksa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Oliver Holub's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Boguslaw Waselewicz was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. 76 minutes into the match, Adam Buksa notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Slovakia's Henrich Slany. Henrich Slany was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 83 minutes into the match, Widzew Łódź's goal looked a bit too open when Metod Mlynar came free, but Boguslaw Waselewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Karol Cichocki kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Slovakia's Henrich Slany proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Slovakia from getting a goal against them. The Widzew Łódź players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.