Challenge

Babuf Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Allan Corrigan started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 4th minute of play forced Panionios MK's goalkeeper Erik Vale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Allan Corrigan, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Erik Vale showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 11th minute of the match. In the 13th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Felix Montes got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Erik Vale quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Erik Vale showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 16th minute of the match. Erik Vale showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 19th minute of the match. Kyriakos Akrivoulis kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. In the 31st minute of the match, Zisis Chronidis got a very nice opportunity to score, but Julio Vera was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Panionios MK's Erik Vale played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 32nd minute of play. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Panionios MK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Panionios MK's Erik Vale did a great save. Erik Vale showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 38th minute of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Allan Corrigan in the 39th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Allan Corrigan in the 39th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera 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 Allan Corrigan in the 45th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Panionios MK's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Erik Vale reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 54thth minute of the game Allan Corrigan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Erik Vale tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zisis Chronidis in the 58th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Allan Corrigan in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. 67 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Erik Vale made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The supporters of Panionios MK booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felix Montes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zisis Chronidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fanis Salepis in the 75th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Panionios MK's Allan Corrigan got a free kick in the 78th minute. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Erik Vale tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 94th minute Zisis Chronidis 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 Panionios MK fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.