Official Cup

Łazienkowska 3
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Björn Ironside got the match started through his kick off. When Karol Tomiczek came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Legia Warszawa 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 Karol Tomiczek couldn't finish the play. Fabian Hultstrand came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Legia Warszawa's Karol Tomiczek. But to his dismay, Karol Tomiczek quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. The audience was convinced that Björn Ironside's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zenon Pleban was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Fabian Hultstrand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leszek Podwojski in the 15th minute of play. After 20 minutes, Urban Ljungberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Beach Boys Club and the Legia Warszawa players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 19th minute, one of Beach Boys Club:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Beach Boys Club. In the 21st minute of the game, Legia Warszawa got a penalty. The shot went straight in by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leszek Podwojski got free with Fabian Hultstrand in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 27 minutes of play, Legia Warszawa's Leszek Podwojski made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabian Hultstrand was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Björn Ironside in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zenon Pleban saved Legia Warszawa from getting behind. Beach Boys Club's Fabian Hultstrand proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Beach Boys Club from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Beach Boys Club getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Art Tinsley hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Legia Warszawa's Leszek Podwojski got a free kick in the 39th minute. Art Tinsley charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Art Tinsley the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Legia Warszawa booed when Beach Boys Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Art Tinsley didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 44 minutes of play, Legia Warszawa's Karol Tomiczek made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabian Hultstrand was left in no man's land by his defense there! The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Leszek Podwojski was the one to do the kick off. Axel Lindberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Fabian Hultstrand tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Karol Tomiczek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fabian Hultstrand was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Karol Tomiczek in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fabian Hultstrand saved Beach Boys Club from getting behind. Karol Tomiczek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the match had gone on for 57 minutes, Karol Tomiczek put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Fabian Hultstrand. The corner led Legia Warszawa's Leszek Podwojski to fire away a dangerous shot which Fabian Hultstrand despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Karol Tomiczek scored 7-0 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabian Hultstrand, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Leszek Podwojski came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Legia Warszawa 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 Leszek Podwojski couldn't finish the play. Beach Boys Club's Fabian Hultstrand played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karol Tomiczek in the 71st minute of play. Fabian Hultstrand took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gu Hong Ang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st minute Legia Warszawa were awarded a corner. Qiu Yang went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 82ndth minute of the game Karol Tomiczek who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Beach Boys Club's Fabian Hultstrand was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Axel Lindberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Leif Springfält hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. In the 87th minute of the match Qiu Yang shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fabian Hultstrand showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Karol Tomiczek struck a weak shot in the 88th minute. Fabian Hultstrand didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Legia Warszawa. Sven Haegg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Zenon Pleban made a huge save. 92 minutes had been played when some careless play by Legia Warszawa's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sven Haegg was slow to take the kick. During this time Beach Boys Club's players had a chance to rest. In the 93rd minute Leszek Podwojski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabian Hultstrand saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Legia Warszawa walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.