Challenge

TWIERDZA KIELCE
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Omar Toledo took the kick off in the first half of the match. 17 minutes into the match, Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Márk Sallay came free, but Gabriel Ascaso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. DULCKA KIELCE's Emil Cipinski was substituted for Márk Sallay. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Spain's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pedro M'Vila was slow to take the kick. During this time DULCKA KIELCE's players had a chance to rest. Gabriel Ascaso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ryszard Barycz in the 22nd minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Ryszard Barycz came free, but Gabriel Ascaso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 23 minutes Spain's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pedro M'Vila who took care of the corner kick. The corner led DULCKA KIELCE's Pedro M'Vila to fire away a dangerous shot which Gabriel Ascaso despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Nikitas Karagiotas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adria Bielsa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 28 minutes into the match, DULCKA KIELCE's goal looked a bit too open when Adria Bielsa came free, but Nikitas Karagiotas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Omar Toledo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikitas Karagiotas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omar Toledo in the 37th minute of play forced DULCKA KIELCE's goalkeeper Nikitas Karagiotas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gabriel Ascaso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ryszard Barycz, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Gabriel Ascaso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ryszard Barycz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikitas Karagiotas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omar Toledo in the 46th minute of the match. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ryszard Barycz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Omar Toledo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Nikitas Karagiotas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nikitas Karagiotas came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by Spain's Omar Toledo. But to his dismay, Omar Toledo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After 57 minutes, Denis Datcu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DULCKA KIELCE and the Spain players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to DULCKA KIELCE getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Denis Datcu hit a great ball. 58 minutes into the match, DULCKA KIELCE's goalkeeper Nikitas Karagiotas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Omar Toledo. When David Aranda came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Spain fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that David Aranda couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Omar Toledo got free with Nikitas Karagiotas in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ryszard Barycz'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 67th minute of play. Spain's Carles Cherro was substituted for Omar Toledo. Gabriel Ascaso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ryszard Barycz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 80 minutes into the match, Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Ryszard Barycz came free, but Gabriel Ascaso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. David Aranda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikitas Karagiotas having to interfere. Spain's Pau Herrero was substituted for David Aranda. Denis Datcu hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. In the 89th minute, Carles Cherro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nikitas Karagiotas was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 92nd match minute, Spain was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Criado to maneuver through the defense. Nikitas Karagiotas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sergio Ruiz in the 94th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Spain left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than DULCKA KIELCE.