Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Redbull Power's Janusz Gmoch started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 6th minute, Cristian Sancho got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 8th minute, Andrzej Kaczynski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Martin Gajdošík showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 9th minute of the match. Cristian Sancho struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Martin Gajdošík didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Martin Gajdošík in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Martin Gajdošík made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agustín Saelices in the 18th minute of play. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 20th minute. A nice corner shot did that Cristian Sancho got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Martin Gajdošík quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Redbull Power's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Martin Gajdošík made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 23rd minute. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Antonio Arias got a free kick in the 25th minute. Andrzej Kaczynski took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 26th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Julio Vera. Ecuador's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Martin Gajdošík 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 27th minute. After 30th play minutes Janusz Gmoch shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Julio Vera and just under the crossbar into goal. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Janusz Gmoch, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Martin Gajdošík made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. 38 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Kacper Tipinski came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Kacper Tipinski notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 40 minutes into the game, Tadeusz Sierocki was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Redbull Power's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. In the 40th minute, Tadeusz Sierocki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Redbull Power getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Pankracy Ziombkowski hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 45th minute of play forced Redbull Power's goalkeeper Martin Gajdošík to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Redbull Power getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Pawel Maurycy hit a great ball. After the first half Redbull Power were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. After 55 played minutes Redbull Power got a freekick which was hit by Pankracy Ziombkowski. In the 56th minute of the match Daniel Zorita sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Martin Gajdošík skillfully saved the ball. In the 62ndth minute of the game Janusz Gmoch who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 63 minutes, Janusz Gmoch made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Ecuador's Julio Vera tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 66th minute, Agustín Saelices got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 68th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martin Gajdošík saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Natanael Guedes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 75th minute, Tadeusz Sierocki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the last second Julio Vera throw himself and got hold of the ball when Janusz Gmoch in the 77thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Felix Montenegro struck a weak shot in the 80th minute. Martin Gajdošík didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Redbull Power's Janusz Gmoch got a free kick in the 86th minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Janusz Gmoch in the 92nd minute of the match. During the 94th minute of the match Tadeusz Sierocki completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Tadeusz Sierocki a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Redbull Power's Tadeusz Sierocki got a free kick in the 94th minute. Although Ecuador had been in control for most of the match, Redbull Power still came away with the win.