League Play-Off

Stadion Zelichowo
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, 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. Arkadiusz Zdeb started the match with the kick off. Hernan Kelemen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of KS Nie Ma Lipy booed when katowiceMN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hernan Kelemen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Leszek Birkenhagen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiusz Zdeb, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After a defensive mix-up in KS Nie Ma Lipy's zone, Hernan Kelemen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Michal Dyczkowski came out of the goal and Hernan Kelemen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 11th minute, Aleksander Kornasiewicz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leszek Birkenhagen was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Szczepan Wolczewski in the 15th minute of play forced katowiceMN's goalkeeper Leszek Birkenhagen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roch Przebendowski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Arkadiusz Zdeb had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Hernan Kelemen came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the katowiceMN 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 Hernan Kelemen couldn't finish the play. Zachariasz Kolacki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Michal Dyczkowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. katowiceMN's Leszek Birkenhagen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arkadiusz Zdeb in the 40th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Marcin Furgat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Boguslaw Adamowicz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 42nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Leszek Birkenhagen. katowiceMN's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 46th minute, Ferenc Bencsik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 47 played minutes, KS Nie Ma Lipy's Boguslaw Adamowicz shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Leszek Birkenhagen came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in KS Nie Ma Lipy reached it. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hernan Kelemen to make the kick off. Roch Przebendowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Michal Dyczkowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 56 minutes, Marcin Furgat managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. katowiceMN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcin Furgat was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Leszek Birkenhagen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arkadiusz Zdeb in the 58th minute of the match. Michal Dyczkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roch Przebendowski in the 59th minute of play. Leszek Birkenhagen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiusz Zdeb, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. 61 minutes into the game, Arkadiusz Zdeb recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Leszek Birkenhagen. Arkadiusz Zdeb showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roch Przebendowski in the 64th minute of play forced KS Nie Ma Lipy's goalkeeper Michal Dyczkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Roch Przebendowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th minute, Szczepan Wolczewski made a precise shot to the right of Leszek Birkenhagen. katowiceMN's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Boguslaw Adamowicz during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in KS Nie Ma Lipy fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 80th minute. Penalty! With a little luck, katowiceMN's Leszek Birkenhagen got control of the ball when Szczepan Wolczewski tried to sneak it across the goal line. katowiceMN's defense didn't have a chance, in the 87th minute, when Arkadiusz Zdeb scored to the left of an out of position Leszek Birkenhagen, making the score, 1-4. Roch Przebendowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michal Dyczkowski having to interfere. Michal Dyczkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcin Furgat, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. Although katowiceMN had been in control for most of the match, KS Nie Ma Lipy still came away with the win.