Challenge

Rothenburg
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kajetan Pruss kicked off to start the match. After a defensive mix-up in Rothenburg SSA's zone, Luis Andino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Artur Borubar came out of the goal and Luis Andino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Piotr Kociniewski in the 8th minute of the match. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when Rothenburg SSA's Kajetan Pruss fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 11 minutes into the match, Rothenburg SSA's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Artur Borubar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kajetan Pruss received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Artur Borubar 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 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Piotr Kociniewski in the 17th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rothenburg SSA's Artur Borubar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 18th minute of play. Artur Borubar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 20th minute of the match. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Kajetan Pruss tried to sneak it across the goal line. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kajetan Pruss, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Artur Borubar 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 30th minute. Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Artur Borubar read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. 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. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 40 minutes Rothenburg SSA'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. A nice corner shot did that Cristian Sancho got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Artur Borubar quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 42nd minute of play forced Rothenburg SSA's goalkeeper Artur Borubar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute Radoslaw Michalski 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. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Artur Borubar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Radoslaw Michalski'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. Radoslaw Michalski helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Rothenburg SSA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Radoslaw Michalski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 58th 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. Daniel Zorita blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Artur Borubar having to make a save. Rothenburg SSA's Rafal Imbor was substituted for Piotr Kociniewski. Rothenburg SSA made a substitution. Szczepan Zielinski replaced Zachariasz Ratulowski. Rothenburg SSA made a substitution. Antoni Grondzki replaced Tomasz Jajecznica. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Artur Borubar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Felix Montenegro kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. In the 69th minute Rothenburg SSA were awarded a corner. Lucjan Golaszewski went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Lucjan Golaszewski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. In the 75th minute Rafal Imbor 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. 76 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Radoslaw Michalski 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 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 80 minutes, Juan Sebastián Puig mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ecuador and the Rothenburg SSA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artur Borubar having to interfere. In the 86th minute Rafal Imbor 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.