Wisła went to Wrocław without Genkov who had scored four goals in last three league games. Maaskant decided to rely on Patryk Małecki. The team was joined again by Sobolewski who had quite a bit of bad luck during the first half, or rather during the first minutes of the match. In the 80th second, Kaźmierczak made a goal attempt. The ball rebounded from Sobolewski and ended up in the net next to surprised Pereiko.

After this quick goal, Śląsk sealed their own goal. They distributed their defence 30 meters from their goal. ”We decided to play defensively, realizing that we could not let Wisła play their game. After the clash between Real and Barcelona, I thought that if the great Mourinho had been able to place a bus in the penalty area, then we would place an articulated bus”, said Orest Lenczyk, Śląsk Wrocław’s coach.

Such tactics have proved to be successful. Despite Wisła’s ball possession at 80%, they had few opportunities to score. It was Śląsk’s counter attacks that were more dangerous. After one of them in the second half, they scored another goal. In the 64th minute, two Śląsk players moved towards the “White Star’s” goal with two Wisła players in front of them. After a pass from Mila, Gancarczyk played the ball back to Gikiewicz who scored for 2-0.

Śląsk Wrocław – Wisła Kraków 2:0 (1:0)
1:0 Sobolewski 2’ (sam.)
2:0 Ł. Gikiewicz 64’

Śląsk Wrocław: Kelemen – Pawelec, Celeban, Fojut, Spahić (59’ Ł. Gikiewicz) – Łukasiewicz – Socha, Mila, Kaźmierczak – Ćwielong (83’ Sobota), Gancarczyk (85’ Madej)

Wisła Kraków: Pareiko – Cikos (69’ Rios), Jaliens, Chavez, Paljić – Melikson, Jirsak (69’ Garguła), Sobolewski, Sivakov (46’ Żurawski), Kirm – Małecki

Yellow cards: Pawelec, Mila (Śląsk)
Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)

Wisła Kraków SA Press Office