Official Cup

Serce Łodzi
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roman Wieloch got the match started through his kick off. Red Army's Hieronim Huk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artur Draper in the 5th minute of play. Leonard Polkoski hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Marcin Lanczak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radomil Smolarek in the 11th minute of the match. Radomil Smolarek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hieronim Huk came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by QxQ Torun's Roman Wieloch. But to his dismay, Roman Wieloch quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Benedykt Majewski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Marcin Lanczak made a huge save. Hieronim Huk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artur Draper in the 35th minute of the match. QxQ Torun's Zenon Dranka got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 46 minutes into the match, Red Army's goal looked a bit too open when Roman Wieloch came free, but Hieronim Huk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Radomil Smolarek stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes of play, Red Army's Piotr Pleban made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcin Lanczak was left in no man's land by his defense there! Red Army's defense didn't have a chance, in the 57th minute, when Roman Wieloch scored to the left of an out of position Hieronim Huk, making the score, 2-2. When Piotr Pleban fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Red Army's protests and gave Piotr Pleban a yellow card for diving instead. In the 59th minute, Piotr Pleban hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roman Wieloch received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Hieronim Huk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Red Army's Hieronim Huk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Red Army from getting a goal against them. After 65 played minutes QxQ Torun got a freekick which was hit by Krzysztof Giejda. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zenon Dranka in the 67th minute of play forced Red Army's goalkeeper Hieronim Huk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Krzysztof Giejda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Artur Draper took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hieronim Huk. Hieronim Huk dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. The supporters of Red Army booed when QxQ Torun was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marek Korytkowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to QxQ Torun getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Marek Korytkowski hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Piotr Pleban in the 87th minute of play forced QxQ Torun's goalkeeper Marcin Lanczak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Red Army's zone, Krzysztof Giejda stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hieronim Huk came out of the goal and Krzysztof Giejda tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The Red Army supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching QxQ Torun's performance. The match ended with a win for QxQ Torun.