League Play-Off

FC Barcelona
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Valencia CF's Leonard Pilarski started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Jan Piesciuk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Zygmunt Zywiec tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Robert Komornicki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonard Pilarski in the 12th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonard Pilarski in the 21st minute of play forced FC Barcelona's goalkeeper Robert Komornicki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute, Zygmunt Komornicki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 24th minute Jan Piesciuk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zygmunt Zywiec saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Komornicki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Witalis Pruss, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Jan Piesciuk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zygmunt Zywiec having to interfere. In the 37th minute, Leonard Pilarski 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. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

After 53rd play minutes Jan Piesciuk shot 1-0, a short shot which went by Zygmunt Zywiec and just under the crossbar into goal. After a defensive mix-up in Valencia CF's zone, Leon Okopny stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zygmunt Zywiec came out of the goal and Leon Okopny tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Leon Okopny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jan Piesciuk in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zygmunt Zywiec prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 69 minutes into the match, Leon Okopny had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zygmunt Zywiec. Valencia CF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leon Okopny was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Leonard Pilarski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Robert Komornicki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Leonard Pilarski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Robert Komornicki, 2-1. Zygmunt Zywiec showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Piesciuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Leon Okopny fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zygmunt Zywiec having to interfere. Leon Okopny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Witalis Pruss received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Robert Komornicki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leon Okopny received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Zygmunt Zywiec tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. For all the effort they put into the match, the Valencia CF players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for FC Barcelona.