Challenge

Suzuki Arena
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. The audience was convinced that Chesney Summers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gabriel Ascaso was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Raimo Ülend didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Omar Toledo went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 15th minute, Phil Bradbury left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Korona Kielce fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Alex Macedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Gabriel Ascaso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Raimo Ülend showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Aranda in the 25th minute of the match. In the 26th minute Chesney Summers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Ascaso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Korona Kielce's Raimo Ülend played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adria Bielsa in the 32nd minute of play. After 33 minutes Korona Kielce's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Omar Toledo who took care of the corner kick. A very nice done corner allowed David Aranda to score against Raimo Ülend in Korona Kielce's goal. 1-2 after 33 minutes. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Omar Toledo in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Raimo Ülend saved Korona Kielce from getting behind. When Spain's Omar Toledo in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Korona Kielce's goalie prevented a goal. 40 minutes into the game, Alex Macedo lined in a short shot 2-2 behind a frustrated Gabriel Ascaso. David Aranda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raimo Ülend having to interfere. Raimo Ülend showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omar Toledo in the 47th minute of the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Alex Macedo was the one to do the kick off. Spain's Gabriel Ascaso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Macedo in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabi Martinelli in the 59th minute of play forced Spain's goalkeeper Gabriel Ascaso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Spain's Gabriel Ascaso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabi Martinelli in the 60th minute of play. Omar Toledo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Raimo Ülend made a huge save. Raimo Ülend made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omar Toledo in the 63rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chesney Summers in the 66th minute of play forced Spain's goalkeeper Gabriel Ascaso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raimo Ülend made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Omar Toledo sent off a good shot on target. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Spain's Adria Bielsa in the 70th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Raimo Ülend was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Korona Kielce through an amazing save. Spain made a substitution. Carles Cherro replaced Omar Toledo. After 72 minutes Korona Kielce's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Adria Bielsa who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Vicente Merino almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Korona Kielce's Raimo Ülend did a great save. Gabriel Ascaso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolae Dobrin in the 79th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Seb Hedges in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gabriel Ascaso prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in Spain's zone, Ray Atkins stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gabriel Ascaso came out of the goal and Ray Atkins tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Spain's Sergio Ruiz was substituted for Adria Bielsa. Spain's Pau Herrero was substituted for David Aranda. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Korona Kielce were victorious despite being under pressure from Spain for much of the match.