Challenge

The Palace Punisher
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Edgar Miodek made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of The Punisher booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juan Sebastián Puig didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edgar Miodek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 10th minute, Edgar Miodek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ke Kun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after The Punisher's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Luis Andino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ke Kun quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Cristian Sancho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ke Kun was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Edgar Miodek might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edgar Miodek ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 17th minute, Michail Bakunin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 18 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ke Kun narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 18th minute, Cristian Sancho 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: 0-1. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgar Miodek in the 21st minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edgar Miodek in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 22nd minute, Edmundo Quadros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ke Kun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Ecuador booed when The Punisher was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edmundo Quadros didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. After 38 played minutes The Punisher got a freekick which was hit by Guga Simão. In the 40th play minute Edgar Miodek came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Julio Vera. 1-1. If Michail Bakunin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

In the 52nd minute Edgar Miodek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, The Punisher's Ke Kun got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edgar Miodek in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. In the 56th minute, Edmundo Quadros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edgar Miodek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Michail Bakunin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. After some careless play in the The Punisher defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ke Kun. The The Punisher fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ke Kun should have stopped the shot. 73 minutes into the match, The Punisher's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Ke Kun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ke Kun having to interfere. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 82nd 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. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind The Punisher's goalkeeper Ke Kun, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 89th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. Luis Andino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ke Kun having to interfere. When The Punisher's Michail Bakunin in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal.