Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. Jan Pająk started the match with the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan Pająk got free with Zachariasz Kociniewski in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Jaroslaw Gongolewicz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tanek Wojtyna was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Tanek Wojtyna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edson-Arantes Maradona in the 13th minute of the match. After some careless play in the U21 Poland defense, Edson-Arantes Maradona kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tanek Wojtyna. The U21 Poland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tanek Wojtyna should have stopped the shot. After 17 played minutes TheLastDance got a freekick which was hit by Jaroslaw Gongolewicz. TheLastDance's Zachariasz Kociniewski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save TheLastDance from getting a goal against them. TheLastDance's Zachariasz Kociniewski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save TheLastDance from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Witold Bycofski in the 24th minute of play forced TheLastDance's goalkeeper Zachariasz Kociniewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 26 minutes TheLastDance's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Stanislaw Maziarski who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Stanislaw Maziarski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Zachariasz Kociniewski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Karol Andrzejewski fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Poland's protests and gave Karol Andrzejewski a yellow card for diving instead. Tanek Wojtyna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaroslaw Gongolewicz in the 28th minute of the match. Cyryl Imbor charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cyryl Imbor the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, U21 Poland's Cyryl Imbor got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Edson-Arantes Maradona scored 0-2 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tanek Wojtyna, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tanek Wojtyna made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edson-Arantes Maradona in the 39th minute of play. With a little luck, TheLastDance's Zachariasz Kociniewski got control of the ball when Jan Pająk tried to sneak it across the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, TheLastDance's goal looked a bit too open when Witold Bycofski came free, but Zachariasz Kociniewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th match minute, TheLastDance was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Korneliusz Ochabski to maneuver through the defense. TheLastDance's Bartosz Furgat was substituted for Jaroslaw Gongolewicz. After a rather tough play, TheLastDance's Korneliusz Ochabski got a free kick in the 48th minute. After the first half TheLastDance were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Edson-Arantes Maradona made a kick off. Zachariasz Kociniewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Pająk, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. With a little luck, U21 Poland's Tanek Wojtyna got control of the ball when Edson-Arantes Maradona tried to sneak it across the goal line. U21 Poland's Damian Furlit quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Miguel Ángel Angulo, made in the 58th minute of the game. In the 59thth minute of the game Witold Bycofski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but TheLastDance's Zachariasz Kociniewski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 65th 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. Stanislaw Maziarski ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led U21 Poland's Witold Bycofski to fire away a dangerous shot which Zachariasz Kociniewski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Tanek Wojtyna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bartosz Furgat, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. U21 Poland made a substitution. Roman Fujarczuk replaced Karol Andrzejewski. U21 Poland's Eric Esposito was substituted for Witold Bycofski. A sloppy throw-in by Korneliusz Ochabski in the 69th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by U21 Poland's Damian Furlit. Zachariasz Kociniewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eric Esposito in the 72nd minute of play. After 77 played minutes TheLastDance got a freekick which was hit by Raymond Dupuis. 79 minutes into the match, Eric Esposito notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of TheLastDance's Zachariasz Kociniewski. Zachariasz Kociniewski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. U21 Poland's attentive Damian Furlit managed to snatch the ball when Korneliusz Ochabski made a throw-in in the 84th minute of the game. Eric Esposito might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zachariasz Kociniewski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eric Esposito ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 84th 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. U21 Poland's Tanek Wojtyna proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Poland from getting a goal against them. Edson-Arantes Maradona in the 89thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tanek Wojtyna, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Zachariasz Kociniewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eric Esposito in the 93rd minute of the match. A collision led to TheLastDance getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Korneliusz Ochabski hit a great ball. TheLastDance's Zachariasz Kociniewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eric Esposito in the 97th minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched TheLastDance eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.