Official Cup

Katowice Bogucice
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zlatan Messi took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Kerkyra FC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Erli Haaland hit a great ball. Radu Corocăescu made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Dimo Toresano sent off a good shot on target. Radu Corocăescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimo Toresano, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Arkadiusz Smolarek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zlatan Messi in the 13th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zlatan Messi in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arkadiusz Smolarek prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in Katowice i Kluczbork's zone, Zlatan Messi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arkadiusz Smolarek came out of the goal and Zlatan Messi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Arkadiusz Smolarek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zlatan Messi, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Katowice i Kluczbork's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Erli Haaland was slow to take the kick. During this time Kerkyra FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Kerkyra FC's corner Erli Haaland fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Arkadiusz Smolarek quite easily take care of the ball. Zlatan Messi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arkadiusz Smolarek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zlatan Messi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute Kerkyra FC were awarded a corner. Erli Haaland went to the cornerflag to take it. Erli Haaland made a great header on Kerkyra FC's corner, it was just that Katowice i Kluczbork's Arkadiusz Smolarek managed to reach the ball for a save. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Roland Laureys was the one to do the kick off. Radu Corocăescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osvaldinho Lewandowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Zlatan Messi in the 53rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Arkadiusz Smolarek, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Radu Corocăescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osvaldinho Lewandowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zlatan Messi in the 59th minute of play forced Katowice i Kluczbork's goalkeeper Arkadiusz Smolarek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Kerkyra FC defense, Roland Laureys kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Radu Corocăescu. The Kerkyra FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Radu Corocăescu should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Katowice i Kluczbork's Arkadiusz Smolarek got control of the ball when Zlatan Messi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zlatan Messi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arkadiusz Smolarek read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. In the 78th minute Osvaldinho Lewandowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radu Corocăescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Katowice i Kluczbork's Arkadiusz Smolarek got control of the ball when Zlatan Messi tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 82nd minute Kerkyra FC were awarded a corner. Erli Haaland went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Erli Haaland got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Arkadiusz Smolarek quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Arkadiusz Smolarek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zlatan Messi in the 86th minute. Arkadiusz Smolarek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paraskevas Labrakoglou in the 87th minute of the match. In the 89th minute Zlatan Messi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arkadiusz Smolarek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Theofilos Tripitsidis got his second yellow card in the match during the 93rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Theofilos Tripitsidis hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Kerkyra FC's attentive Thanos Papagiannopoulos managed to snatch the ball when Edson de Lima made a throw-in in the 96th minute of the game. Katowice i Kluczbork's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.