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Never give up arena
Spectators: 7288 (Terracing: 5468, Seating: 1676, VIP seats: 144) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Walery Klejnowski started the match with the kick off. Jan Kapelski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Iwan Gondela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Kapelski in the 6th minute of play forced Kokot SA's goalkeeper Iwan Gondela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Walery Pietrasz got free with Iwan Gondela in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jerzy Kaminski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marek Teofila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerzy Kaminski in the 18th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the game, Never give up's Jaroslaw Januszewski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Iwan Gondela made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Napoleon Cwenar charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Napoleon Cwenar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Kokot SA's Napoleon Cwenar got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Walery Pietrasz scored 2-0 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Iwan Gondela, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Iwan Gondela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Kapelski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Never give up defense, Jerzy Kaminski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marek Teofila. The Never give up fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marek Teofila should have stopped the shot. In the 38th minute, Jerzy Kaminski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kokot SA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Jerzy Kaminski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Marek Teofila tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Iwan Gondela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Kapelski in the 47th minute of play. Marek Teofila made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Napoleon Cwenar in the 50th minute of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jan Kapelski was the one to do the kick off. In the 58th minute Walery Pietrasz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iwan Gondela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jan Kapelski scored 3-2 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Iwan Gondela, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Jerzy Kaminski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kokot SA's supporters rose to their feet, but Jerzy Kaminski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marek Teofila breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 65 minutes, Filip Kaczucha mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Never give up and the Kokot SA players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Kokot SA booed when Never give up was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filip Kaczucha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kokot SA's Jerzy Kaminski got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Jerzy Kaminski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Walery Klejnowski kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. 84 minutes into the game, Walery Pietrasz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-2. Iwan Gondela was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 88th minute, Jerzy Kaminski 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. Jaroslaw Januszewski charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jaroslaw Januszewski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 91 played minutes Never give up got a freekick which was hit by Jaroslaw Januszewski. If Jerzy Kaminski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 96 minutes into the game, Jan Kapelski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-2. Iwan Gondela was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jaroslaw Januszewski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 99th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew the final whistle, Never give up could leave the field as winners, despite Kokot SA having more of the ball for most of the match.