Challenge

Buffalo Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Daniel Zorita took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7thth minute of the game Franky Ooms who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Buffalo Timişoara's Hunor Csapó played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 10th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Felix Montenegro got a free kick in the 16th minute. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franky Ooms in the 18th minute of play. Hunor Csapó took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Augusto Benitez in the 20th minute. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Augusto Benitez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. 34 minutes into the match, Buffalo Timişoara's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Hunor Csapó reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 35th minute. Hunor Csapó took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Hunor Csapó in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 47 played minutes Buffalo Timişoara got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Benitez. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Franky Ooms made the kick off in the second half. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adrian Zbora, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Ignacy Cerocki hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Buffalo Timişoara's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. Hunor Csapó took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Antonio Arias hit a great ball. Buffalo Timişoara's Călin Borogeanu was substituted for Ignacy Cerocki. Buffalo Timişoara's Valentin Voicu was substituted for Franky Ooms. After 68 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Arias. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Hunor Csapó in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Voicu in the 78th minute of the match. 85 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Voicu came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Benitez in the 89th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Voicu in the 91st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute, Wawrzyniec Pysz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wawrzyniec Pysz kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match.