The first half of the match was fierce. At times it seemed as though Legia had the upper hand, only for Wisła to respond with a menacing attack. Wisła had an opportunity to score against their opponents as early as the 4th minute of the match. Following a long-distance shot executed by Mauro Cantoro Legia’s goalkeeper, Jan Mucha, failed to catch the ball, but ultimately managed to beat Paweł Brożek to the rebound.

In response, following a mistake by Arkadiusz Głowacki, Chinyama intercepted the ball, but the White Star’s captain redeemed himself by blocking the Legia striker’s shot. Several minutes later Jakub Rzeźniczak had an opportunity to defeat Mariusz Pawełek during a chaotic moment in Wisła’s penalty area, but the Cracovians’ goalie managed to defend Rzeźniczak’s shot from just a few meters away.

Bartłomiej Grzelak attempted to place the ball into the net in the aftermath of a corner kick in the 24th minute of the match, with Chinyama subsequently firing a shot off on the rebound, but Mariusz Pawełek showed off his amazing reflexes by saving the shot.

Wisła woke up in the 34th minute of the match. Tomas Jirsak threw the ball into Legia’s penalty area, where Paweł Brożek ran out from behind the backs of Legia’s defenders to score a goal. The Legionnaires threw themselves to the offense after the loss of a goal and just 5 minutes later the score was 1:1. Maciej Iwański played the ball along the ground from a free kick to Grzelak, who evened the score by firing a shot into the far corner of Wisła’s goal. Jan Urban’s players unsuccessfully tried to raise the score before half time.

At the start of the second half of the match the guests had an opportunity to raise the score in the 51st minute. From the right side of the pitch Łobodziński crossed the ball into Legia’s penalty area to Baszczyński, who used his head to relay the ball on to Paweł Brożek in front of the goal, but Choto beat him to the ball. Following an exchange of the ball between Jirsak and Paweł Brożek two minutes later, the latter found himself face-to-face with Jan Mucha, who was nonetheless able to deflect Brożek’s shot with his leg.

Unused opportunities take revenge – this oft repeated football saying found its confirmation in the 67th minute of the match, when Chinyama clinched a pass from Bartłomiej Grzelak with an on-target shot. The loss of a second goal didn’t cause Wisła to break down. 15 minutes before the end of the match Arkadiusz Głowacki sent the ball to Paweł Brożek, who hit the goal post from a distance of three meters. The ball bounced off the goal post only to travel along the length of the goal line to hit the other goal post and fall onto the pitch. Five minutes later, Piotr Brożek executed a perfect pass right onto Andrzej Niedzielan’s head just as he was rushing into the penalty area. In spite of this, the Wisła striker’s shot ended up hitting Jan Mucha, with the Slovak also managing to save Niedzielan’s shot on the rebound as well. Wisła had another opportunity to even the score in extra time, but Jan Mucha, who turned in an excellent match, defended both Paweł Brożek’s shot from a distance of 5 meters, as well as Andrzej Niedzielan’s shot on the rebound.

Legia Warszawa – Wisła Kraków 2:1 (1:1)
0:1 Paweł Brożek 34’
1:1 Grzelak 39’
2:1 Chinyama 67’

Legia Warszawa: Mucha – Rzeźniczak, Astiz, Choto, Wawrzyniak – Radović, Iwański, Roger, Rybus (64’ Kiełbowicz) – Chinyama (84’ Arruabarrena), Grzelak (72’ Ekwueme)

Wisła Kraków: Pawełek- Baszczyński, Głowacki, Cleber, Piotr Brożek – Łobodziński (66’ Małecki), Sobolewski, Cantoro, Zieńczuk (46’ Diaz) – Jirsak (72’ Niedzielan) – Paweł Brożek

Yellow cards: Chinyama, Roger (Legia) – Piotr Brożek, Cantoro, Niedzielan (Wisła)
Referee: Robert Małek

Photo. Maks Michalczak
Wisła Kraków SA Press Office