Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) FC ICEWIND DALE's Fernando Marinho started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Fernando Marinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 5th minute, Ding Beckham hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Radomil Michnik kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Kuno Lüdimõis. That made the score 1-0 in the 7 minute of play. 10 minutes into the game, Fernando Marinho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Artur Boruc was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 12 minutes into the match, FC ICEWIND DALE's goalkeeper Kuno Lüdimõis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Damazy Joks. Kuno Lüdimõis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Damazy Joks in the 21st minute. Artur Boruc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernando Marinho in the 26th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Traczewski in the 32nd minute of play forced FC ICEWIND DALE's goalkeeper Kuno Lüdimõis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kuno Lüdimõis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radomil Michnik in the 33rd minute of play. After 35 minutes of play, Poland's Damian Majewski made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kuno Lüdimõis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kuno Lüdimõis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Majewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Poland's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Radomil Michnik in the 39th minute. A nice corner shot did that Radomil Michnik got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kuno Lüdimõis quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Artur Boruc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomasz Łapiński in the 41st minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, FC ICEWIND DALE's goal looked a bit too open when Damian Majewski came free, but Kuno Lüdimõis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Kuno Lüdimõis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radomil Michnik in the 52nd minute of play. Kuno Lüdimõis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Traczewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kuno Lüdimõis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Traczewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After a defensive mix-up in Poland's zone, Fernando Marinho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Artur Boruc came out of the goal and Fernando Marinho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Poland made a substitution. Tadeusz Raschke replaced Damian Majewski. Kuno Lüdimõis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tadeusz Raschke, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. FC ICEWIND DALE's Fernando Marinho got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. FC ICEWIND DALE's Kuno Lüdimõis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damazy Joks in the 73rd minute of play. Artur Boruc made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Fernando Marinho sent off a good shot on target. Ding Beckham recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. FC ICEWIND DALE made a substitution. Dobromir Borcz replaced Fernando Marinho. After 84 minutes FC ICEWIND DALE's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Radomil Michnik who took care of the corner kick. With an all-out effort, FC ICEWIND DALE's Artur Boruc threw himself towards the right post 87 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ding Beckham, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Edward Traczewski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. FC ICEWIND DALE's Wincent Debowski was substituted for Boguslaw Zdeb. FC ICEWIND DALE's Kuno Lüdimõis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tadeusz Raschke in the 91st minute of play. With a little luck, Poland's Artur Boruc got control of the ball when Dobromir Borcz tried to sneak it across the goal line. The nice shot from Dobromir Borcz in the 93rdth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Artur Boruc had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post.