The Cup. Gornik (Zabrze) was unable to run for a double, but two of the current strongest teams meet at the final – Slask vs GKS Katowice. The final was played in Opole and nobody prevailed: 0-0 after overtime. In the penalty shoot-out Slask was luckier and won 4-3.
Lucky winners, but who cares – they were happy with the Cup in their hands.
GKS (Katowice) lost, but van you blame them? Losing a penalty shoot-out is most bitter and unfortunate – yet, if Katowice deserved to left the Cup, they should have scored in the regular game and beat the opposition. Really regretful is just that they were the underdog – it would have been great to win.
Slask (Wroclaw) was lucky winner, but nobody judges winners. And it was great achievement for a club without many trophies: this was their 2nd Cup and they had to wait about 10 years for this one. As for having been the favourites at the final, such claim is only relative – they were slightly more successful historically than GKS and had more strong players (on paper): Krol, Tarasiewicz, Marciniak, and Rudy vs pretty much only Jan Furtok. In reality, it was a battle between equals and Slask was a bit luckier. But the Cup was in their hands!
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