Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
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. Hector Bladi started the match with the kick off. Big Babousa were awarded a corner in the 4th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Manos Tsakalidis took the corner. The corner ended in Manos Tsakalidis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. After 6 minutes, Odilon Bacete mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Big Babousa and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manos Tsakalidis in the 11th minute of play. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Svetlozar Karamihov made a huge save. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Manos Tsakalidis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julio Vera should have stopped the shot. In the 17th minute, Manos Tsakalidis 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. Big Babousa's Svetlozar Karamihov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 20th minute of play. With a little luck, Big Babousa's Svetlozar Karamihov got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 29th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Montes to maneuver through the defense. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hector Bladi in the 30th minute of play. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manos Tsakalidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 36th minute Hector Bladi 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. 41 minutes into the match, Big Babousa's goalkeeper Svetlozar Karamihov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. Hector Bladi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Hector Bladi came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hector Bladi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Svetlozar Karamihov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 52nd minute of the match. Big Babousa's Svetlozar Karamihov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 52nd minute of play. Hector Bladi'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 57th minute of play. Hector Bladi in the 61stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Julio Vera, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Svetlozar Karamihov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 63rd minute of play. Primitivo Andino made in the 65th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Felix Montenegro however managed to control. 72 minutes into the match, Big Babousa's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Svetlozar Karamihov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manos Tsakalidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 77 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Svetlozar Karamihov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. After 82 minutes of play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Svetlozar Karamihov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Big Babousa made a substitution. Mauricio Padro replaced Hector Bladi.