Official Cup

Infernal Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Leopoldo Manta took the kick off in the first half of the match. Kazimierz Birkenhagen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabian Arendarski having to interfere. Dominik Pietrasz kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. In the 9thth minute of the game Kazimierz Birkenhagen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Fabian Arendarski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 11th minute Kazimierz Birkenhagen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabian Arendarski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Carlos Bento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kazimierz Birkenhagen in the 26th minute of play forced Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's goalkeeper Fabian Arendarski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Fabian Arendarski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kazimierz Birkenhagen in the 34th minute of play. Roman Kon hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. 40 minutes into the match, Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Leopoldo Manta sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Du narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Laureano Guipuzkoa hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Grzegorz Jankowski got a throw-in 44 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Kusti Jõeäär. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Leopoldo Manta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's supporters rose to their feet, but Leopoldo Manta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Du breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kazimierz Birkenhagen to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Bento in the 53rd minute of play forced Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's goalkeeper Fabian Arendarski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the match, NDVX's Kazimierz Birkenhagen sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fabian Arendarski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Leopoldo Manta struck a weak shot in the 57th minute. Du didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Zagłębie Dąbrowskie. 59 minutes into the match, Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Bento came free, but Fabian Arendarski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner led NDVX's Dominik Pietrasz to fire away a dangerous shot which Fabian Arendarski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Du made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopoldo Manta in the 62nd minute of play. Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Otto Alberg was substituted for Kusti Jõeäär. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dominik Pietrasz got free with Fabian Arendarski in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's Fabian Arendarski got control of the ball when Kazimierz Birkenhagen tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 76thth minute of the game István Hoffman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but NDVX's Du was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 85th minute of the match Zagłębie Dąbrowskie got a corner. NDVX's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Grzegorz Jankowski ran over to the corner to take the kick. Grzegorz Jankowski made a great header on Zagłębie Dąbrowskie's corner, it was just that NDVX's Du managed to reach the ball for a save. 93 minutes into the match, István Hoffman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Du. NDVX's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that István Hoffman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Du stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Karol Biskupiak's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the NDVX players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Zagłębie Dąbrowskie.