Arka Gdynia started the season in I Liga with a win over Odra Opole 1:0. Now the relegated team from Ekstraklasa had a challenge to face. Stal Rzeszów in the 1st round played absurdly badly and was defeated 1:5 by Chrobry Glogow on their own field. Of course, the first match is governed by its own rules, but it still did not have the right to look like this. If the weakened Chrobry could do something like this on the road, then what about Arka at home? Already in the first half, the Gdynians "started" the opponent. Vladislavs Gutkovskis scored in the 25th minute a shot that was blocked by the goalkeeper. The Latvian was a step away from another great opportunity, but the referee after analyzing VAR decided that Wojciech Machura did not foul Marco Komenda and canceled the penalty for Arka. Nevertheless, what was delayed, did not escape. He had to wait only until the second half and 49 minutes, when Konrad Gruszkowski found him with a pass to the penalty area, and the unmarked Gutkovskis scored a double. Stal confirmed that at the beginning of this season they are really hopeless. In the 59th minute, they did not even help a kick from Gutkovskis in a 100% situation, because they did not watch Michał Milewski, who scored. The guests had a good day for the Latvian striker. Because a hat-trick was allowed to be completed. The goal in the 66th minute of the match established the result at 4:0. Arka Gdynia is currently 7th in I Liga, with 3 points, 1 win, no defeats and no draws. In the next match, Arka Gdynia will face Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza.