Challenge

Pepsi Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. If Agustín Saelices had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 5th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ignacy Bierfass was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Ignacy Bierfass took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th minute, Agustín Saelices hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ignacy Bierfass showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 20th minute of the match. Ignacy Bierfass took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute, Daniel Zorita 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: 0-2. Ignacy Bierfass showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 27th minute of the match. Ignacy Bierfass showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agustín Saelices, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. With an all-out effort, FC Viper's Julio Vera threw himself towards the right post 32 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Adam Healy, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 34th match minute, FC Viper was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leszek Jandryca to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 36th minute of the game. One of FC Viper:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ecuador:s goal. After 40 minutes FC Viper'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. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ignacy Bierfass in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Wojciech Kluska received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Julio Vera came out and tried to block the shot, but Wojciech Kluska slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 42nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wojciech Kluska got free with Julio Vera in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Cristian Sancho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ignacy Bierfass was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. The FC Viper players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Wojciech Kluska made a kick off. If Wojciech Kluska had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Agustín Saelices could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Ignacy Bierfass made a huge save. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 60 minutes into the game, Hieronim Imbor was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Viper's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Ignacy Bierfass tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Healy in the 66th minute of the match. Daniel Zorita's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 68thth minute, Ignacy Bierfass skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Ignacy Malicki kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. The supporters of Ecuador booed when FC Viper was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zula Latkiewicz didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC Viper's Ignacy Bierfass proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save FC Viper from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, FC Viper's Ignacy Bierfass got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cristian Sancho who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 77thth minute tested the skills of Ignacy Bierfass when he managed to save the team from getting behind. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 84th 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. An unexpected shot in the 91st minute by Cristian Sancho got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The supporters of FC Viper booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agustín Saelices didn't get a good kick on the ball.