Challenge

Lions Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bogumil Pochorylo took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute of the game Camilo Gisbert made a throw-in which Luis Andino played forward. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 5th minute, Bogumil Pochorylo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Bogumil Pochorylo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 8 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Bogumil Pochorylo came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bogumil Pochorylo scored 2-0 in the 11th 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. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Daniel Zorita put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Fuat Bayraktaroğlu. 20 minutes into the match, Lions Of Turks's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Fuat Bayraktaroğlu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felix Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fuat Bayraktaroğlu having to interfere. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu 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. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 34th minute, Daniel Zorita 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. Bogumil Pochorylo'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 36th minute of play. Lions Of Turks's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bernardo Cidro in the 38th minute. A nice corner shot did that Bernardo Cidro got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Bogumil Pochorylo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Mirza Akdemir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 52nd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Lions Of Turks were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bernardo Cidro took the corner. After taking down the ball on Lions Of Turks's corner Bernardo Cidro fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 64 minutes into the match, Lions Of Turks's Bogumil Pochorylo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Felix Montes hit a great ball. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bogumil Pochorylo went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. 79 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bernardo Cidro was slow to take the kick. During this time Lions Of Turks's players had a chance to rest. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Fuat Bayraktaroğlu in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Qiao Hong Yi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Daniel Zoritas short, quick shot in the 90thth minute got Fuat Bayraktaroğlu to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Luis Andino struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. Camilo Gisbert made in the 95th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Cristian Sancho however managed to control.