Challenge

FCA Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jaime Pardo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dominik Spychalski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Jacobo Nores tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ivan Prats during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of FC Alkomaty booed when Paraguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iker Tafalla didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, FC Alkomaty's Patryk Komornicki tried to score from far away in the 9th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, FC Alkomaty's Wojciech Brytan got a free kick in the 10th minute. If Dominik Spychalski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Dominik Spychalski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 28th minute of the match FC Alkomaty got a corner. Paraguay's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Patryk Komornicki ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 29th minute Szymon Wiater shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Nores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dominik Spychalski might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jacobo Nores. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dominik Spychalski ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 33 minutes in the game, Dominik Spychalski fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Jacobo Nores having to interfere. After a rather tough play, FC Alkomaty's Dominik Spychalski got a free kick in the 43rd minute. In the 47th minute, Boruc Jankowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 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 2-0.

The audience was convinced that Dominik Spychalski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jacobo Nores was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Szymon Wiater sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jacobo Nores didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dominik Spychalski went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Dominik Spychalski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jacobo Nores having to make a save. Jacobo Nores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Szymon Wiater in the 63rd minute of the match. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Paraguay's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Patryk Komornicki was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Alkomaty's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Patryk Komornicki got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jacobo Nores quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Paraguay getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Xavier Zoido hit a great ball. When Jose Sanz fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Paraguay's protests and gave Jose Sanz a yellow card for diving instead. Jacobo Nores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dominik Spychalski in the 71st minute of the match. FC Alkomaty's Artur Boruc proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save FC Alkomaty from getting a goal against them. In the 74th minute Dominik Spychalski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Nores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 76th minute of the match FC Alkomaty got a corner. Paraguay's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Patryk Komornicki ran over to the corner to take the kick. Jacobo Nores stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dominik Spychalski's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. In the 87th minute, Dominik Spychalski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jacobo Nores was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. 90 minutes into the match, Dominik Spychalski notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Paraguay's Jacobo Nores. Jacobo Nores was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Szymon Wiater might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jacobo Nores. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Szymon Wiater ran back to his position shaking his head. Jacobo Nores took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dominik Spychalski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The FC Alkomaty fans cheered their team off the field, for while Paraguay had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.