Official Cup

Mattojärvi IP
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zachary Bentkowski made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute Milosz Huk suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. After 4 minutes, Hjalmar Fanström mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AIF and the AKS Chorzów players grew even worse after the yellow card. AKS Chorzów's Witalis Dlugi was substituted for Milosz Huk. After a rather tough play, AIF's Hjalmar Fanström got a free kick in the 6th minute. Stanislaw Miazga took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 7th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bengt Felin. AIF's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Dariusz Ziombkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonas Ståhlman in the 11th minute of the match. The supporters of AIF booed when AKS Chorzów was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksander Siekierka didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Jonas Ståhlman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dariusz Ziombkowski was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. The AIF fans' excitement grew in the 13th match minute when AIF's Jonas Ståhlman looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Ståhlman in the 18th minute of play forced AKS Chorzów's goalkeeper Dariusz Ziombkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AKS Chorzów's Dariusz Ziombkowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save AKS Chorzów from getting a goal against them. After 22 minutes AKS Chorzów's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mattias Kuse who took care of the corner kick. Mattias Kuse made a great header on AIF's corner, it was just that AKS Chorzów's Dariusz Ziombkowski managed to reach the ball for a save. Dariusz Ziombkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Viktor Pilgren in the 28th minute of play. AKS Chorzów's Dariusz Ziombkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonas Ståhlman in the 31st minute of play. With a little luck, AKS Chorzów's Dariusz Ziombkowski got control of the ball when Bengt-Arne Stabbe tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Viktor Pilgren got free with Dariusz Ziombkowski in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Maksymilian Piekarczyk during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, AKS Chorzów's Maksymilian Piekarczyk got a free kick in the 37th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Viktor Pilgren got free with Dariusz Ziombkowski in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 44th match minute, AKS Chorzów was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zachary Bentkowski to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jonas Ståhlman was the one to do the kick off. Maksymilian Piekarczyk who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 56thth minute tested the skills of Bengt Felin when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After some careless play in the AKS Chorzów defense, Mats Mattsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dariusz Ziombkowski. The AKS Chorzów fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dariusz Ziombkowski should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bengt-Arne Stabbe in the 60th minute of play forced AKS Chorzów's goalkeeper Dariusz Ziombkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute Viktor Pilgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dariusz Ziombkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dariusz Ziombkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Viktor Pilgren in the 64th minute of play. Dariusz Ziombkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viktor Pilgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dariusz Ziombkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bengt-Arne Stabbe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 70th minute, Hieronim Brataniec hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 71st minute, Viktor Pilgren left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AIF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Dariusz Ziombkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Ståhlman, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Dariusz Ziombkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bengt-Arne Stabbe in the 76th minute of the match. Dariusz Ziombkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Viktor Pilgren in the 77th minute of play. Dariusz Ziombkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bengt-Arne Stabbe in the 81st minute of the match. AKS Chorzów's Dariusz Ziombkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wilhelm Anundsson in the 83rd minute of play. Dariusz Ziombkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Ståhlman, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. 87 minutes into the match, Jonas Ståhlman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dariusz Ziombkowski. AKS Chorzów's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jonas Ståhlman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Dariusz Ziombkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bengt-Arne Stabbe in the 90th minute of play. Dariusz Ziombkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viktor Pilgren in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 93rd minute Mats Mattsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dariusz Ziombkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dariusz Ziombkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Ståhlman, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. Dariusz Ziombkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonas Ståhlman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AIF walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.