League Play-Off

SAND ARENA Nowy Sac
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Juliano Candeias started the match with the kick off. André Piø charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed André Piø the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. André Piø kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. In the 5th match minute, SANDECJA Nowy Sacz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benjamin Carro to maneuver through the defense. Alfred Niedbalski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ezker Gimeno in the 8th minute of the match. SANDECJA Nowy Sacz's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Albano Clodio in the 9th minute. In the 10th minute Juliano Candeias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wiktor Pieprz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Polonia Łaziska's Alfred Niedbalski got control of the ball when Miromir Chlebek tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 13 minutes, Miromir Chlebek made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Polonia Łaziska's Alfred Niedbalski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Wiktor Pieprz came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Polonia Łaziska's André Piø. But to his dismay, André Piø quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. SANDECJA Nowy Sacz's Ezker Gimeno shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 21st minute of play. The shot was stopped by Alfred Niedbalski but with some difficulty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miromir Chlebek in the 27th minute of play forced Polonia Łaziska's goalkeeper Alfred Niedbalski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miromir Chlebek did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Alfred Niedbalski 28 minutes into the match. Wiktor Pieprz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wincent Tychy in the 32nd minute of play. Miromir Chlebeks short, quick shot in the 34thth minute got Alfred Niedbalski to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Alfred Niedbalski stood somewhat misplaced when Miromir Chlebek came free in front of goal and shot 3-1 to the left of him in the 34 minute. Bogdan Sawicki hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute of the match Miromir Trela sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wiktor Pieprz skillfully saved the ball. After a rather tough play, Polonia Łaziska's André Piø got a free kick in the 41st minute. After some careless play in the SANDECJA Nowy Sacz defense, Juliano Candeias kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wiktor Pieprz. The SANDECJA Nowy Sacz fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wiktor Pieprz should have stopped the shot. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Miromir Chlebek made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Polonia Łaziska's goal looked a bit too open when Danilo Paskal came free, but Alfred Niedbalski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Borys Furgal in the 56th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Polonia Łaziska's André Piø. A collision led to SANDECJA Nowy Sacz getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Izydor Lepucki hit a great ball. In the 59th minute of the match, Sam Juanda tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Wiktor Pieprz saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Alfred Niedbalski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miromir Chlebek in the 60th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wincent Tychy in the 63rd minute of play forced SANDECJA Nowy Sacz's goalkeeper Wiktor Pieprz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Juanda in the 64th minute of play forced SANDECJA Nowy Sacz's goalkeeper Wiktor Pieprz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Miromir Chlebek in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alfred Niedbalski saved Polonia Łaziska from getting behind. Wiktor Pieprz made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Juliano Candeias sent off a good shot on target. Alfred Niedbalski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miromir Chlebek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wiktor Pieprz came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Polonia Łaziska's André Piø. But to his dismay, André Piø quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. In the 75th minute, Miromir Chlebek ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alfred Niedbalski was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-3. Wiktor Pieprz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Juliano Candeias in the 78th minute. In the 80th minute the ball was on its way in behind Polonia Łaziska's goalkeeper Alfred Niedbalski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Izydor Lepucki kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. SANDECJA Nowy Sacz's Wiktor Pieprz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Juanda in the 86th minute of play. SANDECJA Nowy Sacz's Wiktor Pieprz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wincent Tychy in the 87th minute of play. After 88 minutes SANDECJA Nowy Sacz's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Miromir Trela who took care of the corner kick. Albano Clodio tried in the 88th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Wiktor Pieprz a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 4-4. After having played for 94 minutes, Sam Juanda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Polonia Łaziska's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sam Juanda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Despite being the better team, Polonia Łaziska failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.