Challenge

Stadion Zapniów
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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Silvano Cibran in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Stefan Gerlach hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Stefan Gerlach sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera was a little too slow when Stefan Gerlach got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 9th minute. The score was now 1-0. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvano Cibran in the 12th minute of play. In the 13th minute of the match Zapniów got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Silvano Cibran ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Silvano Cibran almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. After having played for 15 minutes, Luis Andino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luis Andino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 20th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Boguslaw Jaraczewski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Zapniów's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Silvano Cibran in the 25th minute. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 30th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Boguslaw Jaraczewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Boguslaw Jaraczewski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julio Vera didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Zapniów's Silvano Cibran shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 35th minute of play forced Zapniów's goalkeeper Boguslaw Jaraczewski 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 Silvano Cibran in the 37th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Silvano Cibran to make the kick off. Ecuador made a substitution. Max Alvarado replaced Felix Montes. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Zapniów was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stefan Gerlach didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Silvano Cibran in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After having played for 66 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 72 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvano Cibran in the 73rd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Zapniów's Ignacy Zakrzewski got a free kick in the 75th minute. Boguslaw Jaraczewski made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. In the 79th minute, Stefan Gerlach left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zapniów fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. In the 85th minute Kajetan Pasterski 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. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silvano Cibran, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvano Cibran in the 95th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zapniów were awarded a corner in the 96th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Silvano Cibran took the corner. After taking down the ball on Zapniów's corner Silvano Cibran fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. Zapniów's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.