Challenge

Onyx Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. Zdzislaw Domarecki came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Jurand Jaraczeski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. In the 11th minute Onyx were awarded a corner. Emrys Hannah went to the cornerflag to take it. Onyx's Tytus Wojton was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julio Vera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th 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. Zdzislaw Domarecki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 23 minutes into the match, Onyx's Wojciech Barycz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Onyx'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. Zdzislaw Domarecki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 27th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 29th minute of play forced Onyx's goalkeeper Zdzislaw Domarecki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Zdzislaw Domarecki quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Zbyszko Lech sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wojciech Barycz in the 37th minute of the match. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jurand Jaraczeski in the 43rd minute. In the 44th 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. After the first half Ecuador were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Onyx's Konrad Bubczyk was substituted for Zbyszko Lech. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Piotr Zahemski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Camilo Gisbert hit a great ball. In the 53rd minute of the match Emrys Hannah shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Onyx's goalkeeper Zdzislaw Domarecki had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Sancho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zdzislaw Domarecki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Zdzislaw Domarecki made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 65th minute. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Zdzislaw Domarecki made a huge save. In the 70th minute, Daniel Zorita collided with one of Onyx's players - so bad that he fractured his nose. Maksymilian Topolski's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maksymilian Topolski helped the player get up and apologised. Ecuador made a substitution. Luz Palacio replaced Daniel Zorita. Luz Palacio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Zdzislaw Domarecki made a huge save. In the 73rd minute, Ecuador's Luz Palacio dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. In the 76th match minute, Onyx was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maksymilian Topolski to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Felix Montes got a free kick in the 79th minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Piotr Zahemski in the 80th minute of the match. Luz Palacio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jurand Jaraczeski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zdzislaw Domarecki was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Luz Palacio showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 86 minute of play. Jurand Jaraczeski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. After having played for 91 minutes, Luz Palacio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luz Palacio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zdzislaw Domarecki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luz Palacio in the 92nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 94th minute of play forced Onyx's goalkeeper Zdzislaw Domarecki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute, Luis Andino made a precise shot to the right of Zdzislaw Domarecki. Onyx's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. When Luz Palacio came up free with the goalie in the 98th 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 Luz Palacio couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Onyx.