Challenge

Estadio Pucholandia
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. Daniel Zorita's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Józef Mlynarczyk read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. After 5 minutes Deportivo Pucho's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. In the 7th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Montes to maneuver through the defense. Józef Mlynarczyk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 12th minute of the match. Ahmet Nasir Nesefi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. After 18 minutes, Ahmet Nasir Nesefi made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Ecuador's Julio Vera tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Claudio-Paul Caniggia sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 24th minute of play forced Deportivo Pucho's goalkeeper Józef Mlynarczyk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Deportivo Pucho's Józef Mlynarczyk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 29th minute of play. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 32 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Józef Mlynarczyk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Józef Mlynarczyk 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 33rd minute. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Timoteo Eneko sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Timoteo Eneko kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Julio Vera. That made the score 2-0 in the 36 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 40th minute of play forced Deportivo Pucho's goalkeeper Józef Mlynarczyk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Józef Mlynarczyk 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 45th minute. Ahmet Nasir Nesefi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Deportivo Pucho made a substitution. Östen Stor replaced Claudio-Paul Caniggia. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Östen Stor to make the kick off. After 53 played minutes Deportivo Pucho got a freekick which was hit by Paulo Milio. In the 64th minute Julio Tolino 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. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Östen Stor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 73 minutes of play, Deportivo Pucho's Ahmet Nasir Nesefi made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Östen Stor in the 76th 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 80th minute Agustín Saelices shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Józef Mlynarczyk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Östen Stor's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Nasir Nesefi in the 90th minute of the match. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Józef Mlynarczyk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 93 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Luis Andino. After having played for 95 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the referee blew the final whistle, Deportivo Pucho could leave the field as winners, despite Ecuador having more of the ball for most of the match.