Challenge

19 Mayıs Stadyumu
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Cristian Sancho put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Dursun Ekinci. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Conrado Romero, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Ekrem Yay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Gençlerbirliği's Constantijn Airpoel got a free kick in the 19th minute. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Conrado Romero's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. After 25 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Stanislaw Rekowski who took care of the corner kick. In the 27th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dursun Ekinci was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 30th minute, Daniel Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Dursun Ekinci. Gençlerbirliği's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 35th minute, Felix Montenegro 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. In the 39th minute Muharrem Sebih 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. The supporters of Gençlerbirliği booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agustín Saelices didn't get a good kick on the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Conrado Romero made a kick off. In the 57th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Sebastián Puig to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Conrado Romero put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gençlerbirliği made a substitution. Bertil Winström replaced Kristen Michálek. After 71 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Juan Sebastián Puig. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Constantijn Airpoel in the 71st minute of the match. Dursun Ekinci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 73rd minute of play. Jean-Claude van Damme received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 78th minute, Daniel Zorita left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Claude van Damme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 86 played minutes Gençlerbirliği got a freekick which was hit by Ekrem Yay. Gençlerbirliği's İhsan Temizkanoğlu was substituted for Filiph Låsberg. In the 87th minute, Ekrem Yay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 89th minute of play forced Gençlerbirliği's goalkeeper Dursun Ekinci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Agustín Saelices fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ecuador's protests and gave Agustín Saelices a yellow card for diving instead. After 94 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Agustín Saelices. Muharrem Sebih hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. 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.