Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jan Pająk made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd minute, Bartosz Furgat left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TheLastDance fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 6th minute, Mariusz Truskovskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Witold Bycofski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zachariasz Kociniewski having to make a save. Zachariasz Kociniewski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Witold Bycofski in the 10th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zbigniew Boniek during the 12th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 12th match minute, U21 Poland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zbigniew Boniek to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 21 minutes, Witold Bycofski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Poland's supporters crossed their fingers, but Witold Bycofski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Korneliusz Ochabski in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tanek Wojtyna prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Witold Bycofski might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zachariasz Kociniewski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Witold Bycofski ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 27th minute Witold Bycofski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zachariasz Kociniewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Witold Bycofski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zachariasz Kociniewski came out and tried to block the shot, but Witold Bycofski slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 31st minute. Jan Pająk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Zachariasz Kociniewski made a huge save. U21 Poland's Tanek Wojtyna played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edson-Arantes Maradona in the 39th minute of play. Tanek Wojtyna made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Ángel Angulo in the 40th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Miguel Ángel Angulo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TheLastDance fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After a rather tough play, U21 Poland's Damian Furlit got a free kick in the 45th minute. Carlinhos Vale was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 47 minutes into the match. 47 minutes into the game, one of TheLastDance:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Zachariasz Kociniewski, was totally fooled by U21 Poland's Jan Pająk, who 49 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bartosz Furgat to make the kick off. Through an outstanding action, after 55 minutes, Tanek Wojtyna successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 56 minutes into the match, TheLastDance's goal looked a bit too open when Kamilo Glik came free, but Zachariasz Kociniewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. TheLastDance's Zachariasz Kociniewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Witold Bycofski in the 60th minute of play. Edson-Arantes Maradona made in the 61st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Korneliusz Ochabski. Zachariasz Kociniewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Pająk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zachariasz Kociniewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Witold Bycofski in the 69th minute of the match. Bartosz Furgat blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tanek Wojtyna having to make a save. TheLastDance's Roberto-Carlos Junior was substituted for Black Angel. U21 Poland made a substitution. Roman Fujarczuk replaced Karol Andrzejewski. TheLastDance made a substitution. Miroslaw Brodzki replaced Jedrzej Prusek. 73 minutes into the match, U21 Poland's goal looked a bit too open when Bartosz Furgat came free, but Tanek Wojtyna reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute, Bartosz Furgat reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tanek Wojtyna. The goal made the score 2-3. In the 81st minute Eric Esposito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zachariasz Kociniewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zachariasz Kociniewski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eric Esposito's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. TheLastDance's Jaroslaw Gongolewicz was substituted for Bartosz Furgat. 86 minutes into the match, TheLastDance's goal looked a bit too open when Eric Esposito came free, but Zachariasz Kociniewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, TheLastDance's goal looked a bit too open when Eric Esposito came free, but Zachariasz Kociniewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 89th minute of the match U21 Poland got a corner. TheLastDance's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Damian Furlit ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on U21 Poland's corner Damian Furlit fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Zachariasz Kociniewski quite easily take care of the ball. A throw-in in the 91st minute of the game was made by Raymond Dupuis with Miguel Ángel Angulo as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eric Esposito in the 93rd minute of play forced TheLastDance's goalkeeper Zachariasz Kociniewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 97th match minute, U21 Poland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan Pająk to maneuver through the defense. The TheLastDance supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing TheLastDance would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.