National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jacek Pyrzyce made the kick off which started today's match. Tobiasz Czermak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Valente, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Tobiasz Czermak made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Afonso Antunes sent off a good shot on target. 6 minutes into the match, Poland's Jacek Pyrzyce sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Diamantino Campos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Ricardo Valente had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 11 minutes of play, Poland's Jacek Pyrzyce made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Diamantino Campos was left in no man's land by his defense there! 17 minutes into the match, Poland's goalkeeper Tobiasz Czermak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Afonso Antunes. Tobiasz Czermak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Valente, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Gustaw Bejrut received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Diamantino Campos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Portugal's Hugo Pacheco got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 35th minute, Jacek Pyrzyce made a precise shot to the right of Diamantino Campos. Portugal's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Ricardo Valente in the 41stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tobiasz Czermak, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Poland's Tobiasz Czermak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Poland from getting a goal against them. In the 46th minute of the match, Ricardo Valente tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Tobiasz Czermak saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Hugo Pacheco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 50th minute. Tobiasz Czermak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 52nd minute Ricardo Valente shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobiasz Czermak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 55thth minute of the game Ricardo Valente who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Poland's Tobiasz Czermak was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 56th match minute, Portugal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonso Antunes to maneuver through the defense. Jacek Pyrzyce sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 58th match minute, Portugal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo Pacheco to maneuver through the defense. Hugo Pacheco might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tobiasz Czermak. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hugo Pacheco ran back to his position shaking his head. Portugal's Emílio Macedo was substituted for Simão Pires. Portugal's Giovanni Gallo was substituted for Hugo Pacheco. Tobiasz Czermak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afonso Antunes in the 70th minute of play. Poland's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Witalis Giertych in the 74th minute. The corner led to Poland's Zdzislaw Szpakowski getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afonso Antunes in the 78th minute of play forced Poland's goalkeeper Tobiasz Czermak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tobiasz Czermak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Afonso Antunes, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Poland's Tobiasz Czermak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afonso Antunes in the 84th minute of play. Tobiasz Czermak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiago Pires in the 86th minute of play. Diamantino Campos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grzegorz Gleba, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the 90th match minute, Poland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wieslaw Januszewski to maneuver through the defense. Portugal's Amadeu Azevedo couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 91st minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Poland. 92 minutes into the game, Piotr Zjawin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Poland's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Portugal the free kick. Piotr Zjawin hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Amadeu Azevedo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tobiasz Czermak. Poland's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.

When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Poland had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.