Official Cup

Stadion Gollubien
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stefan Niemojewski started the match with the kick off. Stefan Niemojewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Aurelio Giammaria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 6th minute, C.J. 吕布 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Antoni Poremba was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by C.J. 吕布 in the 9th minute of play forced Varsovia's goalkeeper Antoni Poremba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 10 minutes into the match, ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s C.J. 吕布 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Antoni Poremba narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Varsovia's zone, C.J. 吕布 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Antoni Poremba came out of the goal and C.J. 吕布 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Aurelio Giammaria didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stefan Niemojewski went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Antoni Poremba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from C.J. 吕布, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. 24 minutes into the match, C.J. 吕布 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Antoni Poremba. Varsovia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that C.J. 吕布 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. If C.J. 吕布 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after Varsovia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Benny Koks took the corner. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stefan Niemojewski got free with Aurelio Giammaria in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Varsovia defense, C.J. 吕布 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Antoni Poremba. The Varsovia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Antoni Poremba should have stopped the shot. C.J. 吕布 might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Antoni Poremba. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. C.J. 吕布 ran back to his position shaking his head. Antoni Poremba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from C.J. 吕布 in the 42nd minute of the match. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 45th minute, when Stefan Niemojewski scored to the left of an out of position Aurelio Giammaria, making the score, 2-3. 48 minutes into the match, ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s goalkeeper Aurelio Giammaria had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stefan Niemojewski. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Harry Karisma in the 51st minute of play forced Varsovia's goalkeeper Antoni Poremba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kajetan Bendyk in the 52nd minute of play forced ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s goalkeeper Aurelio Giammaria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 55 minutes Varsovia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Benny Koks who took care of the corner kick. The corner led ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Benny Koks to fire away a dangerous shot which Antoni Poremba despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Aurelio Giammaria took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefan Niemojewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling C.J. 吕布 in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Antoni Poremba prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ made a substitution. Slawomir Banach replaced De-Falco Champion. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Benny Koks in the 64th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harry Karisma in the 67th minute of play forced Varsovia's goalkeeper Antoni Poremba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C.J. 吕布 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Antoni Poremba made a huge save. C.J. 吕布s short, quick shot in the 70thth minute got Antoni Poremba to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience was convinced that Stefan Niemojewski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aurelio Giammaria was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Zenon Malewicki was substituted for Lin Xuan Hai. The throw-in from Zenon Malewicki in the 80th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Varsovia's Cyryl Budrewicz. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s attentive Mariusz Truskovskiy managed to snatch the ball when Cyryl Budrewicz made a throw-in in the 88th minute of the game. Antoni Poremba was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Kryspin Galagan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-4 in the 89 minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s goal looked a bit too open when Stefan Niemojewski came free, but Aurelio Giammaria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Varsovia supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s performance. The match ended with a win for ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★.