Challenge

Jerry Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 5 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Felix Montenegro. 6 minutes into the game, Brow Team's Franciszek Modliszewski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julio Vera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Montenegro in the 9th minute of play forced Brow Team's goalkeeper Igor Siekierski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 17 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Franciszek Modliszewski came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Mariusz Mroczynski sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Montenegro in the 24th minute of play forced Brow Team's goalkeeper Igor Siekierski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zachary Wojno tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Igor Siekierski. An unnecessary self made goal, 1-1 in the 25th minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franciszek Modliszewski in the 28th minute of the match. When Brow Team's Mariusz Mroczynski in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. Brow Team's Igor Siekierski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 33rd minute of play. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Siekierski having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a free kick in the 44th minute. After the first half Ecuador were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Czeslaw Tipinski to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Mariusz Mroczynski came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 54th minute, Andrzej Cichocki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Brow Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Franciszek Modliszewski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 63rd minute, Feliks Klejnowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 65 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Brow Team's Igor Siekierski. Igor Siekierski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Czeslaw Tipinski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Czeslaw Tipinski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franciszek Modliszewski in the 78th minute of play. Czeslaw Tipinski's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Czeslaw Tipinski helped the player get up and apologised. Czeslaw Tipinski kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 86th minute by Cristian Sancho got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Antonio Arias's late challenge caught a Brow Team's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antonio Arias helped the player get up and apologised. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norbert Kostrzewa in the 92nd minute of play. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Brow Team fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.