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阿波斯托洛斯尼古拉迪斯球场
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Daniel Zorita took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gerard Swee showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Felix Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gerard Swee having to interfere. In the 13thth minute of the game Vahdet Olgun 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. In the 15th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerard Swee saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Lenny Hoarau sent off a good shot on target. In the 20th minute, Ruben Damario hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Felix Montes hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Vahdet Olgun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 28 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when 刘洋朗 came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute, Camilo Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Gerard Swee showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 36th minute of the match. Juan Sebastián Puig hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. 42 minutes into the match, Panathinaikos's 潘冰耀 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 44th play minute Lenny Hoarau came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Julio Vera. 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vahdet Olgun to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vahdet Olgun in the 54th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gerard Swee having to interfere. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gerard Swee having to interfere. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lenny Hoarau, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Vahdet Olgun managed to get in a good position for a shot. Panathinaikos's supporters rose to their feet, but Vahdet Olgun was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Camilo Gisbert hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vahdet Olgun in the 73rd minute of play. With a little luck, Panathinaikos's Gerard Swee got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 刘洋朗 in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The Panathinaikos support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.