Challenge

Stoners Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off. FC Stoners's Yann Sommer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 3rd minute of play. In the 12th minute, Mateusz Borowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 14th minute, Luis Andino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yann Sommer was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 18 minutes into the match, FC Stoners's goal looked a bit too open when Agustín Saelices came free, but Yann Sommer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Jaktorowo in the 21st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mieszko Skoroda was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Stoners's players had a chance to rest. Walery Gniewek hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. 25 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yann Sommer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Youri Simonot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Endri Kamil's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. Yann Sommer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 35th minute of the match. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Endri Kamil tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Endri Kamil in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. Endri Kamil's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 40thth minute, Julio Vera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Endri Kamil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 45th minute of play forced FC Stoners's goalkeeper Yann Sommer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 46 minutes FC Stoners's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Endri Kamil to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52ndth minute of the game Endri Kamil 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 some careless play in the FC Stoners defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yann Sommer. The FC Stoners fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yann Sommer should have stopped the shot. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Yann Sommer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 66th 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. Yann Sommer 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 67th minute. Yann Sommer was out of position in the 70 minute of play, and Cristian Sancho capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cristian Sancho really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. Yann Sommer made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. A nice corner shot did that Luis Andino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Yann Sommer quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After having played for 81 minutes, Youri Simonot managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Stoners's supporters crossed their fingers, but Youri Simonot was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Yann Sommer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 86thth minute of the game Youri Simonot 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 having played for 87 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. In the 90th match minute, FC Stoners was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mark Keng to maneuver through the defense. Edward Jaktorowo hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Felix Montenegro charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Felix Montenegro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 95th minute, Felix Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.