Challenge

Stadion Minkowskie
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kyle Davies made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute of the match, Zbigniew Antoszewski tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Bruno Barrett saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 7 minutes into the game, Troy Kennedy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Tytus Sakowicz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tytus Sakowicz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Troy Kennedy went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 13 minutes into the game, Jakub Patora was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Minkowskie's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Curacao the free kick. After a rather tough play, Minkowskie's Jakub Patora got a free kick in the 13th minute. It was beautiful to see Curacao's Charles Cox in action when he in the 14th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! 16 minutes into the match, Minkowskie's goal looked a bit too open when Stanley Wallace came free, but Tytus Sakowicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 21st minute, Michal Niedbalski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute, Stanley Wallace left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Curacao fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Bruno Barrett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zbigniew Antoszewski in the 33rd minute of play. After 36 played minutes Zbigniew Antoszewski rounded Curacao's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-3. 44 minutes into the match, Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zbigniew Lepucki. Bruno Barrett made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Zbigniew Lepucki sent off a good shot on target. After the first half Curacao were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zbigniew Antoszewski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zbigniew Lepucki in the 53rd minute of play forced Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute, Curacao's Kyle Davies ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tytus Sakowicz. Tytus Sakowicz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. After 57 played minutes Curacao got a freekick which was hit by Harvey Doyle. In the 59th minute Damazy Kochanowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Barrett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damazy Kochanowski in the 61st minute of play forced Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes into the match, Stanley Wallace notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of Minkowskie's Tytus Sakowicz. Tytus Sakowicz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 67 minutes into the match, Minkowskie's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Davies came free, but Tytus Sakowicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bruno Barrett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zbigniew Lepucki, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Bruno Barrett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damazy Kochanowski in the 71st minute of play. After 72 played minutes Curacao got a freekick which was hit by Troy Kennedy. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stasio Kisiel in the 74th minute of play forced Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Curacao's Rocco Owen got a free kick in the 75th minute. 77 minutes into the game, Zbigniew Antoszewski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Bruno Barrett was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bruno Barrett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zbigniew Antoszewski in the 80th minute of the match. When Minkowskie's Zbigniew Antoszewski in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Curacao's goalie prevented a goal. Tytus Sakowicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Davies in the 82nd minute of the match. Stanley Wallace could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Tytus Sakowicz made a huge save. If Zbigniew Antoszewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Kyle Davies received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tytus Sakowicz came out and tried to block the shot, but Kyle Davies slotted it home off the left post making it 2-7 in the 94th minute. The Curacao supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Curacao would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.