CREATED GOAL IN THE 24TH MINUTE. ULISES DE LA CRUZ LAUNCHED A LONG THROW INTO THE BOX, DELGADO FLICKED IT ON AND TENORIO TIMED HIS RUN PERFECTLY TO GLANCE A HEADER PAST BORUC. THE GOAL STUNNED THE POLES AND THEY HAD TO WEATHER A STORM FOR THE REST OF THE HALF AS ECUADOR PRESSED FOR A SECOND. THEY SHOULD HAVE GOT IT WHEN CARLOS TENORIO CROSSED FOR DELGADO, WHO SIDEFOOTED OVER THE BAR FROM CLOSE RANGE. POLAND COACH PAWEL JANAS, WHO BEGAN THE MATCH WITH MACIEJ ZURAWSKI AS A LONE STRIKER, PUSHED EBI SMOLAREK UP IN SUPPORT AFTER THE BREAK. THEY CERTAINLY LOOKED MORE DANGEROUS BUT THE FINAL BALL WAS TOO OFTEN LOOSE, AND WHEN THEY DID CLOSE IN THE ECUADOREAN BACK FOUR PROVED ATHLETICALLY ADEPT AT GETTING THE VITAL TOUCH. AS THE POLES PUSHED FORWARD THEY WERE CAUGHT OUT ON THE BREAK BY SUBSTITUTE IVAN KAVIEDES WHO BROKE ON THE RIGHT AND ROLLED THE BALL FOR DELGADO TO TOUCH INTO AN EMPTY NET. IT WAS EXACTLY FOUR YEARS TO THE DAY THAT DELGADO SCORED ECUADOR'S FIRST EVER GOAL AT A WORLD CUP FINALS.
