Challenge

Stadion im. MARKUSA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. After a defensive mix-up in FC MARKUS's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arkadiusz Kostka 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. The audience was convinced that Cristian Sancho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arkadiusz Kostka was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. In the 19th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Montes to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 24th minute of play forced FC MARKUS's goalkeeper Arkadiusz Kostka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arkadiusz Kostka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 34th minute of play. Arkadiusz Kostka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lucjan Drugi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th 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. Arkadiusz Kostka breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 49th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. FC MARKUS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. The FC MARKUS players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gandalf Head made a kick off. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Juan Sebastián Puig fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Arkadiusz Kostka quite easily take care of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Arkadiusz Kostka in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC MARKUS'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. In the 65th minute, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Arkadiusz Kostka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 80 minutes, Daniel Zorita made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. FC MARKUS's Arkadiusz Kostka tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gandalf Head in the 86th minute of play. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 93rd minute, Piotr Japola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94th minute of the match Daniel Zorita sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Arkadiusz Kostka skillfully saved the ball. When Luis Andino fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ecuador's protests and gave Luis Andino a yellow card for diving instead. In the 95th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luis Andino to maneuver through the defense. In the 97th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ecuador's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.