Challenge

Arena Dukla
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) KS Przełęcz Dukla's Mauro Icardi 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. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Petronio Estrada tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mauro Icardi scored 1-0 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cristian Sancho took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Petronio Estrada. Petronio Estrada dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. If Agustín Saelices had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 18 minutes, Kauã Saraiva mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the KS Przełęcz Dukla and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 21st minute, Felix Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 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. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Felix Montenegro fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Petronio Estrada quite easily take care of the ball. Petronio Estrada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 34th minute of play. After 40 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Korneliusz Ruszczyk who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Korneliusz Ruszczyk got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Pankracy Piekarczyk had several of the Ecuador's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 40 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-1 score and a disappointed Julio Vera as he didn't even see the shot coming. 43 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Pankracy Piekarczyk came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ünsal İltekin during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 45th minute, Ünsal İltekin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 51 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. KS Przełęcz Dukla's Petronio Estrada proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save KS Przełęcz Dukla from getting a goal against them. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Petronio Estrada firmly grabbed it by the left post. When Felix Montes fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ecuador's protests and gave Felix Montes a yellow card for diving instead. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mauro Icardi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristian Sancho in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Petronio Estrada saved KS Przełęcz Dukla from getting behind. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Petronio Estrada tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Petronio Estrada 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 68th minute. In the 69th minute Mauro Icardi 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. 71 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Pankracy Piekarczyk came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Petronio Estrada in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Icardi in the 79th minute of the match. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Korneliusz Ruszczyk was slow to take the kick. During this time KS Przełęcz Dukla's players had a chance to rest. In the 85th 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: 2-2. After 93 played minutes KS Przełęcz Dukla got a freekick which was hit by Tibor Jónás. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Ecuador players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.