Challenge

Thiseio Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the match, Panthiseiakos's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Kleanthis Koumentakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Panthiseiakos's Kleanthis Koumentakis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kleanthis Koumentakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agustín Saelices in the 8th minute of the match. Panthiseiakos's Kleanthis Koumentakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 10th minute of play. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kleanthis Koumentakis having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Montes in the 16th minute of play forced Panthiseiakos's goalkeeper Kleanthis Koumentakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wallace Randall in the 19th minute of play. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Felix Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Montenegro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kleanthis Koumentakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Fragiskos Skrekis came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Panthiseiakos fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Fragiskos Skrekis couldn't finish the play. Kleanthis Koumentakis 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 34th minute. The audience was convinced that Savas Iosifakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Savas Iosifakis in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 38th minute of play forced Panthiseiakos's goalkeeper Kleanthis Koumentakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Panthiseiakos's Kleanthis Koumentakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 39th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fragiskos Skrekis to strike the kick off in the second half. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kleanthis Koumentakis firmly grabbed it by the left post. A well done corner resulted in Agustín Saelices drilling the ball in to score 0-1 behind Panthiseiakos's goalkeeper. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Kleanthis Koumentakis made a huge save. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wlodzimierz Smolarek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Panthiseiakos getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Savas Iosifakis hit a great ball. With a little luck, Panthiseiakos's Kleanthis Koumentakis got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 82 minutes, Daniil Papadimakos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Panthiseiakos and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. Panthiseiakos made a substitution. Oséas Recife replaced Wallace Randall. When the match had been going on for 84 minutes, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Kleanthis Koumentakis. Kleanthis Koumentakis made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Panthiseiakos.