Challenge

Highbury
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Konrad Olender made the kick off which started today's match. Maksymilian Korytkowski 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 4th minute. In the 5th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agustín Saelices to maneuver through the defense. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iwo Jankowski in the 8th minute. After 11 played minutes Gunners Puszczykowo got a freekick which was hit by Iwo Jankowski. In the 14th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Maksymilian Korytkowski was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Iwo Jankowski in the 19thth 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniel Zorita in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maksymilian Korytkowski saved Gunners Puszczykowo from getting behind. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Maksymilian Korytkowski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 26 minutes into the match, Gunners Puszczykowo's goal looked a bit too open when Agustín Saelices came free, but Maksymilian Korytkowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maksymilian Korytkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agustín Saelices in the 26th minute of play. In the 26thth minute of the game Agustín Saelices who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gunners Puszczykowo's Maksymilian Korytkowski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With an all-out effort, Gunners Puszczykowo's Julio Vera threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Antoni Sowa, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antoni Sowa in the 34th minute of play. Iwo Jankowski's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Julio Vera firmly grabbed it by the left post. 38 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maksymilian Korytkowski. Gunners Puszczykowo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Jaroslaw Barciniak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With an all-out effort, Gunners Puszczykowo's Julio Vera threw himself towards the right post 48 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Konrad Olender, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konrad Olender in the 56th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konrad Olender in the 58th minute of the match. Maksymilian Korytkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. If Felix Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 74th minute Antoni Sowa 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. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Agustín Saelices hit a great ball. Iwo Jankowski kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Gunners Puszczykowo's Iwo Jankowski got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Iwo Jankowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julio Vera should have stopped the shot. The Gunners Puszczykowo fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.