League

Membux Arena
Spectators: 7671 (Terracing: 5754, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jacek Mochadlo made the kick off which started today's match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hieronim Sitko during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 11th match minute, MKS START was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hieronim Sitko to maneuver through the defense. Marek Rzeszutek hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Tadeusz Sliwinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacek Mochadlo in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radomil Pluciennik in the 20th minute of play forced MKS START's goalkeeper Franciszek Marajda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th minute, Benedykt Nieuzyla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 28 minutes into the game, Marek Rzeszutek was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ZKS Batalion Bielsko's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MKS START the free kick. Franciszek Marajda made an important save on a dangerous shot by Witomir Zalipski in the 31st minute. In the 32nd minute, Radomil Pluciennik 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. 1-0 became the score in the 35th minute when Witomir Zalipski elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in MKS START's zone, Radomil Pluciennik stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Franciszek Marajda came out of the goal and Radomil Pluciennik tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Damian Lodowy managed to get in a good position for a shot. ZKS Batalion Bielsko's supporters rose to their feet, but Damian Lodowy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Franciszek Marajda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Radomil Pluciennik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Franciszek Marajda having to interfere. In the 43rd minute Radomil Pluciennik suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. In the 44th minute, Antoni Kosowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Damian Lodowy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Franciszek Marajda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kacper Barna's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tadeusz Sliwinski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Damian Lodowy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Damian Lodowy came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the ZKS Batalion Bielsko 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 Damian Lodowy couldn't finish the play. In the 53rd minute, Damian Lodowy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 56 minutes, Damian Lodowy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ZKS Batalion Bielsko's supporters crossed their fingers, but Damian Lodowy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 59th minute, Damian Lodowy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ZKS Batalion Bielsko fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After some careless play in the MKS START defense, Damian Lodowy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Franciszek Marajda. The MKS START fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Franciszek Marajda should have stopped the shot. In the 65th minute, Damian Lodowy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Franciszek Marajda was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Damian Lodowy blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Franciszek Marajda having to make a save. The supporters of MKS START booed when ZKS Batalion Bielsko was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Witomir Zalipski didn't get a good kick on the ball. ZKS Batalion Bielsko's Tadeusz Sliwinski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save ZKS Batalion Bielsko from getting a goal against them. Tolek Szkaradek's late challenge caught a MKS START's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tolek Szkaradek helped the player get up and apologised. In the 75th minute, Tolek Szkaradek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Witomir Zalipski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kacper Barna could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Tadeusz Sliwinski made a huge save. Kacper Barna scored 4-1 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tadeusz Sliwinski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tadeusz Sliwinski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kacper Barna, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute.