World League

Zagórna
Spectators: 8459 (Terracing: 6345, Seating: 1945, VIP seats: 169) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gwidon Arnista got the match started through his kick off. Marian Gniech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oscar Giraldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. When Roberto Lewandowski came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the SMOCZANKA MIELEC 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 Roberto Lewandowski couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Jacinto Pinto managed to get in a good position for a shot. SMOCZANKA MIELEC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jacinto Pinto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marian Gniech breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gwidon Arnista got free with Roch Grondzki in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of SMOCZANKA MIELEC booed when Zagórna was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lech Marek didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marian Gniech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oscar Giraldo in the 20th minute of play. In the 26th minute Florian Kapinos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roch Grondzki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marian Gniech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Lewandowski in the 28th minute of play. Marian Gniech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Lewandowski in the 28th minute of play. Roch Grondzki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Kapinos in the 31st minute of the match. In the 32nd minute Gwidon Arnista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roch Grondzki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zagórna's Marian Gniech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Lewandowski in the 40th minute of play. With his leg Roch Grondzki managed to avoid a goal in the 46thth minute, when Zagórna's Gwidon Arnista fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Oscar Giraldo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Florian Kapinos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roch Grondzki was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Marian Gniech showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roberto Lewandowski in the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florian Kapinos in the 62nd minute of play forced SMOCZANKA MIELEC's goalkeeper Roch Grondzki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marian Gniech made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Oscar Giraldo sent off a good shot on target. Roberto Lewandowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marian Gniech having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roberto Lewandowski in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marian Gniech saved Zagórna from getting behind. Roberto Lewandowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Marian Gniech tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zagórna made a substitution. Ziemowit Soszka replaced Daniel Gerlach. In the 76th minute Lech Marek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roch Grondzki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th minute Jacinto Pinto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marian Gniech saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaroslaw Milko in the 80th minute of play forced SMOCZANKA MIELEC's goalkeeper Roch Grondzki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th minute, Jaroslaw Milko ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roch Grondzki was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan-Åke Fransson in the 91st minute of play forced SMOCZANKA MIELEC's goalkeeper Roch Grondzki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SMOCZANKA MIELEC's Roch Grondzki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gwidon Arnista in the 92nd minute of play. The SMOCZANKA MIELEC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing SMOCZANKA MIELEC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.