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Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dirk Costello kicked off to start the match. After 2 minutes, Bronson Bannister mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the IFK Osteraker and the Lechia Gdańsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. Darron Calderwood received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Jarvis McCollum tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bronson Bannister sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dirk Costello sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, IFK Osteraker's Shelby Sweet got a free kick in the 26th minute. 32 minutes into the match, Nathaniel Atkins notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of IFK Osteraker's Jarvis McCollum. Jarvis McCollum was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 38 minutes, Darron Calderwood managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lechia Gdańsk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Darron Calderwood was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 46 minutes into the match, Lechia Gdańsk's Nathaniel Atkins sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jarvis McCollum narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 48 minutes, Eliseo Love managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lechia Gdańsk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eliseo Love was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Darron Calderwood to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the game, IFK Osteraker's Dirk Costello nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Todd Goins made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. 58 minutes into the match, Lechia Gdańsk's goal looked a bit too open when Dirk Costello came free, but Todd Goins reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Lechia Gdańsk booed when IFK Osteraker was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shelby Sweet didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Nathaniel Atkins managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lechia Gdańsk's supporters rose to their feet, but Nathaniel Atkins was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jarvis McCollum breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Nathaniel Atkins managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lechia Gdańsk's supporters rose to their feet, but Nathaniel Atkins was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jarvis McCollum breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Dirk Costello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dirk Costello in the 74th minute of play forced Lechia Gdańsk's goalkeeper Todd Goins to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Shelby Sweet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Todd Goins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Todd Goins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Odell Engle in the 83rd minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lawrence Abraham during the 83rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 84th match minute, Lechia Gdańsk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lawrence Abraham to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in IFK Osteraker's zone, Darron Calderwood stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jarvis McCollum came out of the goal and Darron Calderwood tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jarvis McCollum didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Lechia Gdańsk's Nathaniel Atkins shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-3 in the ordered_time% minute. The Lechia Gdańsk supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Lechia Gdańsk would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.