Challenge

Sparta Torex
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Antoni Domamir made the kick off which started today's match. Dominik Kornatowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antoni Domamir in the 8th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Sparta Torex's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dominik Kornatowski 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. Sparta Torex's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Czeslaw Karwowski in the 20th minute. Sparta Torex's Dominik Kornatowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 24th minute of play. After 30 minutes Sparta Torex'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. The corner ended in Agustín Saelices almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Sparta Torex's Dominik Kornatowski did a great save. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sparta Torex'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. It was a well-played corner which Felix Montes managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th 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. Dominik Kornatowski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dominik Kornatowski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. After some careless play in the Sparta Torex defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dominik Kornatowski. The Sparta Torex fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dominik Kornatowski should have stopped the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Antoni Domamir during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 46th minute, Antoni Domamir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 47 minutes, Antonio Arias mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ecuador and the Sparta Torex players grew even worse after the yellow card. Julio Vera was out of position in the 48 minute of play, and Tadeusz Petka capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tadeusz Petka really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Cristian Sancho kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dominik Kornatowski. That made the score 2-2 in the 55 minute of play. Dominik Kornatowski made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Dominik Kornatowski made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Dominik Kornatowski 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 67th minute. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Dominik Kornatowski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. Antoni Domamir fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. If Antoni Domamir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dominik Kornatowski having to interfere. After 82 played minutes Sparta Torex got a freekick which was hit by Tadeusz Zawaski. 84 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dominik Kornatowski. Sparta Torex's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Wit Buczko kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. If Antoni Domamir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bartosz Jaktorowo hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. After 95 played minutes Ecuador's Daniel Zorita stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Dominik Kornatowski stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Sparta Torex of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Sparta Torex's zone, Agustín Saelices stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dominik Kornatowski came out of the goal and Agustín Saelices tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Sparta Torex throughout the match.