Challenge

im. Jana Pawla II
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ecuador's Daniel Zorita 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. MKS Darlovia Darlowo's Ksawery Pyrtek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 5th minute of play. 5 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of MKS Darlovia Darlowo's Ksawery Pyrtek. Ksawery Pyrtek was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the MKS Darlovia Darlowo defense, Daniel Zorita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ksawery Pyrtek. The MKS Darlovia Darlowo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ksawery Pyrtek should have stopped the shot. Ksawery Pyrtek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 18th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Luis Andino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Ksawery Pyrtek was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind MKS Darlovia Darlowo's goalkeeper Ksawery Pyrtek, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ksawery Pyrtek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Leonardo Cresencio's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 30thth minute, Julio Vera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Ksawery Pyrtek 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 32nd minute. 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 33rd minute. When Cristian Sancho fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ecuador's protests and gave Cristian Sancho a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a free kick in the 35th minute. Leonardo Cresencio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. 42 minutes into the match, Julio Zamora had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julio Zamora was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. After the first half Ecuador were leading 2-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Thanks to some nice moves Daniel Zorita could shoot a difficult shot in the 57th minute, which Ksawery Pyrtek however easily saved by the left post. After a defensive mix-up in MKS Darlovia Darlowo's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ksawery Pyrtek came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. MKS Darlovia Darlowo's Boleslaw Dziewulski was substituted for Arkady Milik. Vintilă Cupșa kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Ecuador fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. Ksawery Pyrtek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 75th minute Roch Zagrobelny shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Cristian Sancho kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ksawery Pyrtek. That made the score 2-5 in the 78 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 84th minute of play forced MKS Darlovia Darlowo's goalkeeper Ksawery Pyrtek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio Zamora in the 85th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Julio Zamora left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MKS Darlovia Darlowo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-5. With 94 minutes on the clock, Olaf Degutis commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 93 minutes into the game, one of MKS Darlovia Darlowo:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Roch Zagrobelny received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The MKS Darlovia Darlowo fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.