Field of torment
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786,
Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Paulinho Santos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Andrzej Tychy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulinho Santos in the 4th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Ernesto Damião shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrzej Tychy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bartosz Bednorz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andrzej Tychy having to interfere. Giovanni de Toledo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ale Dzik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Queens of Lublin's Andrzej Tychy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeu Sousa in the 18th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ale Dzik's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Giovanni de Toledo was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Giovanni de Toledo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Andrzej Pop showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 27 minute of play. Giovanni de Toledo was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Cyprian Solak. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrzej Pop in the 36th minute of play forced Minotauro's goalkeeper Giovanni de Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th match minute, Queens of Lublin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ale Drewniak to maneuver through the defense. 39 minutes into the match, Queens of Lublin's goal looked a bit too open when Zé Paulo Mendonça came free, but Andrzej Tychy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Minotauro's Jano Palmeira got a free kick in the 43rd minute. After having played for 43 minutes, Ale Drewniak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Queens of Lublin's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ale Drewniak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Giovanni de Toledo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ale Dzik in the 46th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ale Dzik stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Andrzej Tychy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tales Vasconcelos in the 53rd minute of play. In the 55th match minute, Minotauro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bartosz Bednorz to maneuver through the defense. Andrzej Tychy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ernesto Damião in the 57th minute. 65 minutes into the match, Tales Vasconcelos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Andrzej Tychy. Queens of Lublin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tales Vasconcelos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Giovanni de Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ale Pipa, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Giovanni de Toledo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ale Dzik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 71 minutes into the match, Minotauro's goal looked a bit too open when Ale Pipa came free, but Giovanni de Toledo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute Ale Dzik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giovanni de Toledo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernesto Damião got free with Andrzej Tychy in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ale Drewniak kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Andrzej Pop's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Giovanni de Toledo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. In the 84th match minute, Minotauro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bartosz Bednorz to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Queens of Lublin booed when Minotauro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zé Paulo Mendonça didn't get a good kick on the ball. 89 minutes into the match, Minotauro's goal looked a bit too open when Ale Dzik came free, but Giovanni de Toledo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 89th minute, Edgard Marques hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ale Dzik in the 92nd minute of play forced Minotauro's goalkeeper Giovanni de Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Giovanni de Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrzej Pop, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. Bartosz Bednorz hit a great freekick 98 minutes into the match. Queens of Lublin's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.
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