Posted on 07/27/2004 2:02:15 PM PDT by Grzegorz 246
Wisla Kraków secured one of the biggest away wins in European competition history as they returned from FC WIT Georgia with an 8-2 victory in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League second qualifying round tie.
Frankowski scores four WIT coach Merab Kochlashvili had decided to go for broke and field an attacking lineup, but his side were caught out especially after his side adopted even more positive tactics after falling behind in Tbilisi. Within six minutes the visitors were 2-0 up with Tomasz Frankowski scoring the first two of a personal four-goal haul.
Lead stretched On 12 minutes WIT defender Tengiz Kobiashvili headed in from a corner to reduce arrears, but midway through the half Damian Gorawski chipped in Wisla's third and Frankowski completed his hat-trick minutes later with a long-range lob. WIT held on until the break, but five minutes into the second half Franowski was on target yet again, though seconds later Georgi Adamia pulled one back.
Zurawski double Still, Wisla were not finished and captain Maciej Zurawski scored on 57 and 68 minutes to stretch the lead and substitute Marcin Kuzba turned in a low cross to extend his side's lead to an 8-2 lead that will require WIT to pull off an unheard of comeback to turn the tie in Poland next Wednesday.
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