Challenge

Tarcho Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Ultrasy's Zdzislaw Rusin got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Olaf Pankiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 4th minute of play. Ultrasy's Olaf Pankiewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olaf Pankiewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Ultrasy defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Olaf Pankiewicz. The Ultrasy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Olaf Pankiewicz should have stopped the shot. Olaf Pankiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 17th minute of the match. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 20th minute after Ultrasy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Ultrasy's goalie and right to Luis Andino. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Ultrasy's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. A collision led to Ultrasy getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Emil Zacharczyk hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 23rd minute of play forced Ultrasy's goalkeeper Olaf Pankiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Ultrasy's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Olaf Pankiewicz 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. Olaf Pankiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 34th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 36 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Luis Andino sped through Ultrasy's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Olaf Pankiewicz. After some careless play in the Ultrasy defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Olaf Pankiewicz. The Ultrasy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Olaf Pankiewicz should have stopped the shot. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olaf Pankiewicz having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marek Kaminski. After having played for 46 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 47 minutes, Bart Rúsin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ultrasy and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marek Kaminski made a kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Olaf Pankiewicz in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 54 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Olaf Pankiewicz, 0-4. The crowd rose to their feet as Ecuador's Daniel Zorita slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Olaf Pankiewicz. That made the score 0-5 after 58 minutes of play. Ultrasy's Olaf Pankiewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 64th minute of play. In the 66th 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: 0-6. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olaf Pankiewicz having to interfere. Olaf Pankiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ultrasy's Olaf Pankiewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Ultrasy from getting a goal against them. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Ultrasy's Olaf Pankiewicz got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Olaf Pankiewicz in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Czeslaw Rusin in the 80th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner led Ultrasy's Czeslaw Rusin to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Olaf Pankiewicz firmly grabbed it by the left post. Olaf Pankiewicz made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Ultrasy.