Challenge

Estadio NicoMedia
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's goalkeeper Carlos Baptista, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Carlos Baptista 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 5th minute. Ali Numan Afak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. In the 9th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 10th minute after ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Carlos Baptista in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Kai-Christian Maletz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Kai-Christian Maletz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Felix Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Baptista having to interfere. In the 24th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Numan Afak in the 26th minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Numan Afak in the 28th minute of the match. Kai-Christian Maletz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erdeniz Karadeniz, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 42nd minute, Baskın Acem 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 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 47th minute, Miroslaw Majorski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ali Numan Afak to strike the kick off in the second half. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kai-Christian Maletz in the 50th minute of play. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Ali Numan Afak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julio Vera should have stopped the shot. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Emre Mor was substituted for Erdeniz Karadeniz. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Emre Mor in the 63rd minute. Carlos Baptista made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista got control of the ball when Agustín Saelices tried to sneak it across the goal line. 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 69th minute. A nice corner shot did that Agustín Saelices got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Carlos Baptista quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a little luck, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista did a great save. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Numan Afak in the 82nd minute of play. In the 83rd match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristian Sancho to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Numan Afak in the 87th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emre Mor, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ were victorious despite being under pressure from Ecuador for much of the match.