Katarzyna Nowak watched GKS Katowice dispatch Lech Poznań UAM 4:1 on Wednesday, 20 May, in a postponed fixture from the fourth round of the Orlen Ekstraliga kobiet at Stadion GOSiR in Plewiskach.
The match kicked off at 15:00 and GKS took control early: Victoria Kalaberova opened the scoring in the 20th minute and Andjela Milovanović doubled the lead four minutes later. Marta Kwiatkowska pulled one back for Lech Poznań UAM in the 41st minute, but Klaudia Maciążka restored Katowice's two-goal advantage in the 60th minute and Aleksandra Nieciąg sealed the 4:1 final in the second minute of added time.
The margin — 4:1 — underscored a clear victory for GKS on the day. The match was transmitted on the Lech Poznań YouTube channel, giving supporters of the newly promoted Lech Poznań UAM a live look at a team that finished the game with four different scorers on the scoresheet.
Before the match GKS Katowice had already lifted the Orlen Puchar Polski women, beating Czarni Antrans Sosnowiec 5:2 after extra time, and entered the Plewiskach fixture with 39 points, sitting fourth in the Orlen Ekstraliga kobiet table and trailing third-placed GKS Górnik Łęczna by five points with one match in hand. Lech Poznań UAM arrived as a beniaminek to the league with 23 points from 19 matches.
The result reinforced the pattern of dominance GKS have shown against Lech in cup competition — the teams' previous cup meeting ended 5:0 for Katowice — while their most recent league meeting had finished 1:1, a reminder that the two sides have produced varying results depending on competition and timing.
There is an obvious tension between those records: a 5:0 cup rout, a 1:1 league draw and now a 4:1 league win for Katowice. It is a sequence that highlights both GKS's firepower and Lech Poznań UAM's occasional ability to frustrate higher-ranked opponents, even if on this afternoon the visitors executed the decisive moments better.
Nowak, reflecting on the club's recent run, noted that the squad had already won the Polish Cup but were still aiming for league medals and would continue to give everything in the remaining matches. Her words underlined that cup success has not curtailed GKS's league ambitions and that the team intends to push for an improved finish.
For Lech Poznań UAM, the match was another test in the top flight. Marta Kwiatkowska's 41st-minute strike offered a brief glimpse of a comeback, but Katowice's response in the second half removed any doubt. The visitors' four goals came from four different players across the 90 minutes, a sign of depth in their attacking options.
Practically, the win preserves GKS Katowice's momentum as they balance cup triumph with a still-open league campaign; practically for Lech Poznań UAM it is a lesson in the gap the newcomer must close to challenge the established sides. The most consequential immediate question is whether Katowice can convert cup form into a final climb up the table and close the five-point gap to third with the match in hand they held before kickoff.
Katowice left Plewiskach with a decisive scoreline and a reminder that, even after silverware, their season remains very much alive — a fact the club and its supporters will carry into the remaining fixtures.
