Challenge

BAKU-CITY
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lukasz Rasialdo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antonio Arias, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by --FIRELAND--'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. 12 minutes into the match, Felix Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lukasz Rasialdo. --FIRELAND--'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Felix Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The supporters of --FIRELAND-- booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian Sancho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Daniel Zorita blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lukasz Rasialdo having to make a save. 19 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of --FIRELAND--'s Lukasz Rasialdo. Lukasz Rasialdo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 26 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lukasz Rasialdo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. In the 28th minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lukasz Rasialdo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 31 minutes into the game, Daniel Zorita cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Lukasz Rasialdo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in --FIRELAND--'s zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lukasz Rasialdo 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 36th minute of play forced --FIRELAND--'s goalkeeper Lukasz Rasialdo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Älağa Talıblı. After 40 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Agustín Saelices. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita suffered a concussion in the 43rd minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. When Hikmät Yaşamazov fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored --FIRELAND--'s protests and gave Hikmät Yaşamazov a yellow card for diving instead. Ecuador made a substitution. Luz Palacio replaced Daniel Zorita. Luz Palacio scored 0-5 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lukasz Rasialdo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The wind increased when Salvatore Foti made the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, --FIRELAND--'s goalkeeper Lukasz Rasialdo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. After 57 minutes --FIRELAND--'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Felix Montenegro who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Felix Montenegro almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but --FIRELAND--'s Lukasz Rasialdo did a great save. Luz Palacio might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lukasz Rasialdo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luz Palacio ran back to his position shaking his head. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Luz Palacio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Luz Palacio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lukasz Rasialdo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luz Palacio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 69th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luz Palacio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lukasz Rasialdo having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto de Souza in the 81st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lukasz Rasialdo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 83rd minute. --FIRELAND--'s Lukasz Rasialdo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save --FIRELAND-- from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, --FIRELAND--'s Lukasz Rasialdo got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Lukasz Rasialdo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.