Piast Gliwice - Lech Poznań 1:1

The opening minutes belonged to Lech Poznan, but it was Piast that was more effective. Within 7 minutes of the referee’s first whistle, the hosts took the lead – Valencia crossed the ball into the box and Felix successfully redirected the ball into the back of the net. Lech quickly got back to work and started attacking at a higher intensity. In the 14^th minute, Jevtic crossed the ball into the penalty area where Crnomarkovic was positioned and the latter converted the pass into a header; unluckily for Lech, the ball stopped on the post.

Apart from set pieces, Zuraw’s players tried surprising Piast’s keeper with shots from outside the box. Jevtic’s attempt was stopped by the goalkeeper, whereas Amaral’s shot was off target. In the last 15 minutes of the first half, Piast took control of the game. Lech’s midfielders made numerous errors, creating spaces for their opponent. However, the hosts’ shots were either off target or easy to stop, hence the score remained unchanged until halftime.

In the 53^rd minute, Lech attacked dangerously once again. Jozwiak received a pass just outside of the box, rushed into the penalty area and fired a shot that was stopped by the keeper at the very last moment. Shortly afterwards, Piast responded with Sokolowski’s individual run. The midfielder dribbled past Lech’s defensive line and sent the ball flying in the direction of the ball. Crnomarkovic intercepted the shot, but Parzyszek quickly recovered the ball and forced van der Hart to intervene.

It wasn’t until the 62^nd minute that the two teams attacked again. Lech built an impressive counterattack led by Tiba and Puchacz. Unfortunately for the team from Poznan, the latter’s shot was effortlessly stopped by Plach. From 76^th minute onwards, Piast had one man less – in a one-on-one clash between Jozwiak and Plach, the latter made an error and fouled his rival which forced the referee to show a red card. Lech was given a free kick which Jevtic converted into a shot; the attempt was successfully blocked by Piast’s defensive line.

The one-man advantage gave wings to Lech. Finally, in the 81^st minute, their attempts provided desirable results – Tomczyk beat Piast’s keeper in a one-on-one clash following an outstanding pass from Jevtic. However, since neither of the teams managed to score again, the two sides had to share points in the first league match of the season.

Piast Gliwice – Lech Poznań 1:1 (1:0)

Goals: Jorge Felix (7.) - Paweł Tomczyk (81.)

Yellow card: Felix - Muhar

Red card: Huk (76. – tactical foul)

Lech Poznań: Mickey van der Hart – Robert Gumny, Thomas Rogne, Djordje Crnomarković, Volodymyr Kostevych – Pedro Tiba, Karlo Muhar (79. Paweł Tomczyk) – Kamil Jóźwiak, Darko Jevtić, Tymoteusz Puchacz (63. Maciej Makuszewski) – Joao Amaral (71. Timur Zhamaletdinov)

Piast Gliwice: Frantisek Plach - Tomasz Mokwa, Tomas Huk, Uros Korun, Mikkel Kirkeskov – Patryk Sokołowski, Gerard Badia (78. Damian Byrtek), Patryk Dziczek – Jorge Felix, Piotr Parzyszek (68. Dani Aquino), Joel Valencia (71. Martin Konczkowski)

Attendance: 4698