League Play-Off

Hermanica arena
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marek Cerocki started the match with the kick off. Jerzy Moczkiewicz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Antoni Gurgul tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Konstanty Arbaszewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 9th minute Konstanty Arbaszewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antoni Gurgul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Toruń's Marek Cerocki suffered a sore thigh after 11 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dariusz Basinski during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 12th match minute, HermaniCa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dariusz Basinski to maneuver through the defense. After 13 played minutes HermaniCa got a freekick which was hit by Wasyl Hoffman. In the 14th minute of the match Zbyszko Klimkiewicz sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Damazy Rakowski skillfully saved the ball. Antoni Gurgul showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstanty Arbaszewski in the 18th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC Toruń's Artur Debkowski got a free kick in the 19th minute. Adam Naumowicz was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 20th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Antoni Gurgul made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jerzy Moczkiewicz in the 22nd minute. 37 minutes into the match, Konstanty Arbaszewski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Antoni Gurgul, 1-0. Ryszard Pieprz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 45th minute of the match Boruc Drozdowski sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Antoni Gurgul skillfully saved the ball. In the 48th minute of the match Zbyszko Klimkiewicz shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Damazy Rakowski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Konstanty Arbaszewski made the kick off in the second half. HermaniCa's Jerzy Moczkiewicz got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Konstanty Arbaszewski in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Antoni Gurgul saved FC Toruń from getting behind. In the 60th minute, Konstanty Arbaszewski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The HermaniCa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Antoni Gurgul took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstanty Arbaszewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes into the match, Jerzy Moczkiewicz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Antoni Gurgul. FC Toruń's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jerzy Moczkiewicz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Ryszard Pieprz's late challenge caught a HermaniCa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ryszard Pieprz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 69th match minute, FC Toruń was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ryszard Pieprz to maneuver through the defense. Antoni Gurgul made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerzy Moczkiewicz in the 71st minute of play. Witold Zajac charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Witold Zajac the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstanty Arbaszewski in the 77th minute of play forced FC Toruń's goalkeeper Antoni Gurgul to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antoni Gurgul took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jerzy Moczkiewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Toruń's Ryszard Pieprz got his second yellow card of the match in the 81st minute. The referee ordered Ryszard Pieprz off the ground. In the 82nd minute, Ryszard Pieprz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 85 minutes, Konstanty Arbaszewski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. HermaniCa's supporters crossed their fingers, but Konstanty Arbaszewski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. HermaniCa's Jerzy Moczkiewicz got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 90th match minute, FC Toruń was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Rasiak to maneuver through the defense. In the 94th minute Konstanty Arbaszewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antoni Gurgul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 97thth minute of the game Wasyl Hoffman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Toruń's Antoni Gurgul was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. HermaniCa walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.