Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chatziantoniou Xanthos, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 9th minute. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 10th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nikos Sarkanis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nikos Sarkanis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 21st minute. Dimitris Fragou scored 1-1 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Nikos Sarkanis firmly grabbed it by the left post. Nikos Sarkanis made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after meteora 1929's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. In the 44th 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: 2-1.

In the 56th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. meteora 1929's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Daniel Zorita managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Montenegro in the 60th minute of play forced meteora 1929's goalkeeper Nikos Sarkanis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 2-2 became the score in the 66th minute when Chatziantoniou Xanthos elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Nikos Sarkanis 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 70th minute. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Chatziantoniou Xanthos 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. Luis Andino blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nikos Sarkanis having to make a save. In the 76th minute Chatziantoniou Xanthos 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. In the 77th minute, Daniel Zorita 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. Nikos Sarkanis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 80th minute of the match. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Ecuador 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 Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. Dimitris Fragou received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Julio Vera came out and tried to block the shot, but Dimitris Fragou slotted it home off the left post making it 2-4 in the 89th minute. After some careless play in the meteora 1929 defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikos Sarkanis. The meteora 1929 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikos Sarkanis should have stopped the shot.