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Wisła Defeats the Newcomers
Published: 23-08-2010 12:02In the 3rd round of the Polish Ekstraklasa, Wisła Kraków defeated Widzew Łódź 1:0 in the away match. Dragan Paljić scored the goal for Biała Gwiazda, and after the break for almost 30 minutes, the visitors from Krakow had to play without Erik Cikos after he received the red card.

The first half was not abounding in many goal situations. The hosts did not shoot any accurate shot at the Jovanic's goal. Wisła proved to be more efficient – it shot to accurate shots with one right in the net. Dragan Paljić shot the victorious goal for the Wisla team in the 34th minute defeating Mielcarz with the low ground shot. With Małecki's assistance, the action started with Rios who took the ball over from the rival at the 30th metre.
In the latter part of the meeting, the hosts took over the initiative. Wisła withdrew to the defensive position allowing Widzew to take control over Jovanic's goal area. In the 53rd minute, after a powerful strike of Dudu from the left, the ball stroke the side net of Biała Gwiazda goal. Four minutes later, Jovanić instinctively defeated the head shot of Sernas from only w few metres. To make the matters worse, since the 65th minute, the Krakow team was reduced by one as Cikos saw his second yellow and in consequence the red card. Wisła withdrew to the defence area trying to keep up the advantageous result. Widzew ambitiously struggled to equalise which they almost did in the 90th minute but Grischok's 8 metre shot went by the post. Biała Gwiazda came out victorious from the war of nerves and returned from Łódź with a full score.
Widzew Łódź – Wisła Kraków 0:1 (0:1)
0:1 Paljić 34’
Widzew Łódź: Mielcarz – Broź, Szymanek, Bieniuk, Dudu – Budka (54’ Grischok), Panka, Kuklis (46’ Nakoulma), Lisowski (74’ Grzelczak) – Sernas, Durić
Wisła Kraków: Jovanić – Cikos, Cleber, Bunoza, Diaz – Małecki (85’ Paweł Brożek), Jirsak, Wilk, Paljić (63’ Piotr Brożek) – Rios (73’ Boguski), Żurawski
Yellow cards: Rios, Cikos, Cleber (Wisła)
Red card: Cikos (za drugą żółtą)
Referee: Marcin Szulc (Warszawa)
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