Challenge

EL GRAN HULK STADIUM
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Omar Toledo started the match with the kick off. In the 3rdth minute of the game Omar Toledo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s Lucas Duarte was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s Roger Santa Ana got a free kick in the 5th minute. 7 minutes into the match, Spain's goalkeeper Gabriel Ascaso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zdzislaw Lichniak. When E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s Olivier Ancel, in the 7th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®. E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s Lucas Duarte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adria Bielsa in the 9th minute of play. Radamel-Falcao García scored 1-0 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gabriel Ascaso, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 2-0 became the score in the 17th minute when Olivier Ancel elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Lucas Duarte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adria Bielsa in the 22nd minute of play. A collision led to Spain getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Jonathan Criado hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Olivier Ancel got free with Gabriel Ascaso in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lucas Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Aranda in the 29th minute of the match. Gabriel Ascaso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radamel-Falcao García, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes into the match, Radamel-Falcao García notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Spain's Gabriel Ascaso. Gabriel Ascaso was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lucas Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adria Bielsa in the 37th minute of the match. Radamel-Falcao García's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gabriel Ascaso read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. In the 48th minute Omar Toledo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucas Duarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olivier Ancel to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling David Aranda in the 52nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lucas Duarte prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 54thth minute of the game Adria Bielsa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s Lucas Duarte was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Adria Bielsa put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Lucas Duarte. The throw-in from Jonathan Criado in the 61st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s Mieszko Zajonc. David Aranda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Duarte having to interfere. 65 minutes into the match, Olivier Ancel notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Spain's Gabriel Ascaso. Gabriel Ascaso was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Omar Toledo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lucas Duarte came out and tried to block the shot, but Omar Toledo slotted it home off the left post making it 4-2 in the 71st minute. Spain's Carles Cherro was substituted for Omar Toledo. With a little luck, E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s Lucas Duarte got control of the ball when David Aranda tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gabriel Ascaso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radamel-Falcao García in the 87th minute of play. E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 89th minute, when David Aranda scored to the left of an out of position Lucas Duarte, making the score, 4-3. E L C O K O F C ® E V G ® made a substitution. Cyprian Kowalski replaced Liu Feng Zhen. After a defensive mix-up in Spain's zone, Radamel-Falcao García stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gabriel Ascaso came out of the goal and Radamel-Falcao García tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The E L C O K O F C ® E V G ® players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.