Challenge

Stadion Astralny
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fidel Blunt kicked off to start the match. Fabian Hludzenski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Fabian Hludzenski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 13th minute of play forced Astral's goalkeeper Fabian Hludzenski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Roch Kochniarczyk was slow to take the kick. During this time Astral's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Sertel Sümer almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. Fidel Blunt in the 18thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Julio Vera, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Cristian Sancho kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Astral's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabian Hludzenski came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Ecuador 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fabian Hludzenski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Fidel Blunt sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fabian Hludzenski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabian Hludzenski having to interfere. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bartlomiej Chazen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ecuador's defense didn't have a chance, in the 42nd minute, when Fidel Blunt scored to the left of an out of position Julio Vera, making the score, 2-0. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fidel Blunt, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Fidel Blunt managed to get in a good position for a shot. Astral's supporters rose to their feet, but Fidel Blunt was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Ecuador's Daniel Zorita came free and shot a quick shot against goal 56 minutes in the game, fortunately Fabian Hludzenski had problems saving as it came toward the left post. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Astral's Fabian Hludzenski did a great save. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Fabian Hludzenski made a huge save. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Felix Montes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fabian Hludzenski quite easily take care of the ball. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fidel Blunt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 67 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Roch Kochniarczyk who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Astral's Fidel Blunt to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Roch Kochniarczyk scored 3-0 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fidel Blunt in the 73rd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabian Hludzenski came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Felix Montenegro. But to his dismay, Felix Montenegro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Astral was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Milosz Lichniak didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabian Hludzenski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fidel Blunt in the 92nd minute of play. After 92 minutes, Wasyl Szel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Astral and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 94th minute, Luis Andino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3.