Official Cup

Arena Widzew
Spectators: 464 (Terracing: 349, Seating: 106, VIP seats: 9) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hugon Duda made the kick off which started today's match. Ruud van Nistelrooij struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. D.J. Bamba didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Underdogs. Brak Gola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hugon Duda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ruud van Nistelrooij sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. D.J. Bamba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ruud van Nistelrooij, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Underdogs were awarded a corner in the 17th minute after Kyno Team's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Patryk Kociniewski took the corner. Ruud van Nistelrooij sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ruud van Nistelrooij recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ruud van Nistelrooij scored 0-1 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of D.J. Bamba, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Manuel Oriche came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Underdogs fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Manuel Oriche couldn't finish the play. Jeremias Furtado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ruud van Nistelrooij fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without D.J. Bamba having to interfere. With a little luck, Underdogs's Brak Gola got control of the ball when Jeremias Furtado tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Jeremias Furtado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hugon Duda could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Brak Gola made a huge save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ruud van Nistelrooij stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ruud van Nistelrooij fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without D.J. Bamba having to interfere. In the 55th minute Ruud van Nistelrooij shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but D.J. Bamba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kyno Team's D.J. Bamba proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Kyno Team from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Konstanty Orszak kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving D.J. Bamba. That made the score 0-2 in the 60 minute of play. Underdogs's Apostolis Arvanitoyannis was substituted for Ruud van Nistelrooij. The supporters of Underdogs booed when Kyno Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filip Rasialdo didn't get a good kick on the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Underdogs's Manuel Oriche sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that D.J. Bamba narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Apostolis Arvanitoyannis got free with D.J. Bamba in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Kyno Team getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Artur Zdrojewski hit a great ball. Brak Gola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeremias Furtado in the 77th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Kacper Mentus managed to get in a good position for a shot. Underdogs's supporters rose to their feet, but Kacper Mentus was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. D.J. Bamba breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Underdogs's Brak Gola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Metin Erdemir in the 84th minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Underdogs's goal looked a bit too open when Jeremias Furtado came free, but Brak Gola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Jeremias Furtado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Brak Gola was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Apostolis Arvanitoyanniss short, quick shot in the 90thth minute got D.J. Bamba to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 93rd minute, Filip Olszewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Kyno Team's Metin Erdemir in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Underdogs's goalie prevented a goal.

The Underdogs players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.