Official Cup

Wieliczka City
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Denis Lavrentev started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Roman Bolshakov 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. Roman Bolshakov scored 0-1 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcos Joseph, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marcos Joseph made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stepan Holodovskiy in the 12th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Denis Lavrentev in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcos Joseph prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Efim Fedotov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Witalis Pinczewski in the 17th minute of play. STORM's Efim Fedotov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Witalis Pinczewski in the 18th minute of play. Witalis Pinczewski succeeded in the game's 20th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-2. Witalis Pinczewski kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. KS Górnik Wieliczka's Marcos Joseph played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stepan Holodovskiy in the 25th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Denis Lavrentev in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcos Joseph prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Denis Lavrentev in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marcos Joseph saved KS Górnik Wieliczka from getting behind. Marcos Joseph took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roman Bolshakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stepan Holodovskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Marcos Joseph tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. STORM made a substitution. Rudolf Veryugin replaced Raimundo Librado. After 46 minutes, Jurand Kojder mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the KS Górnik Wieliczka and the STORM players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jurand Kojder hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Marcos Joseph made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Lavrentev in the 47th minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Witalis Pinczewski was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Stepan Holodovskiy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcos Joseph was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. In the 52nd minute of the match STORM got a corner. KS Górnik Wieliczka's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sergey Blynskih ran over to the corner to take the kick. STORM's Denis Lavrentev was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 53rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Marcos Joseph was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Denis Lavrentev showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-4 in the 57 minute of play. STORM's Mathis Plum was substituted for Leonid Sokolov. In the 64th minute, Witalis Pinczewski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KS Górnik Wieliczka fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. In the 67th minute, Korneliusz Kapera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mathis Plum, 68 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Denis Lavrentev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcos Joseph. That made the score 2-5 in the 70 minute of play. The supporters of STORM booed when KS Górnik Wieliczka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Konrad Brudnicki didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roman Bolshakov in the 80th minute of play forced KS Górnik Wieliczka's goalkeeper Marcos Joseph to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, KS Górnik Wieliczka's Pankracy Kosel got a free kick in the 81st minute. After 85 minutes, Denis Lavrentev made it 2-6 with a short kick to the right side. KS Górnik Wieliczka's Marcos Joseph tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Denis Lavrentevs short, quick shot in the 90thth minute got Marcos Joseph to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Denis Lavrentev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Through an outstanding action, after 95 minutes, Marcos Joseph successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The STORM supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing STORM would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.