Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, 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. In the 3rd minute, Luis Andino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paris Ntovas was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. An unexpected shot in the 6th minute by Daniel Zorita got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 7th 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Ecuador's Felix Montenegro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Paris Ntovas. That made the score 2-0 after 10 minutes of play. Lepνdhi FC's Paris Ntovas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 14th minute of play. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Odysseas Vezirgiannis in the 19th minute of the match. Lepνdhi FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Odysseas Vezirgiannis in the 20th minute. The corner ended in Odysseas Vezirgiannis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. If Luis Andino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Paris Ntovas was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Cristian Sancho showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 25 minute of play. After 34 minutes of play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paris Ntovas was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Odysseas Vezirgiannis in the 40th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paris Ntovas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 43rd minute of play. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iosif Symeonidis in the 44th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Cristian Sancho could shoot a difficult shot in the 46th minute, which Paris Ntovas however easily saved by the left post.

Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Odysseas Vezirgiannis in the 50th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Iosif Symeonidis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stavros Chatzipanagis in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. Paris Ntovas came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Paris Ntovas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 61st minute of the match. In the 62nd minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Lepνdhi FC'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. Cristian Sancho hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Luis Andino took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Paris Ntovas. Paris Ntovas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 71st minute of play forced Lepνdhi FC's goalkeeper Paris Ntovas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Cristian Sancho advanced and headed the ball into goal, 7-0 in the 73rd minute. Luis Andino scored 8-0 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Paris Ntovas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Iosif Symeonidis in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Iosif Symeonidis put it in 8-1 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. After 82 played minutes Lepνdhi FC got a freekick which was hit by Koulis Paralikis. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Paris Ntovas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 86 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paris Ntovas. Lepνdhi FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-1.