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ERGOTELIS MARTINEGO
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, 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. Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panagiotis Agapakis in the 11th minute of the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evelio Gregory in the 13th minute of the match. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 19 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stamatis Ifantis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eusebiu Apostu hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. After 23 minutes ERGOTELIS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Felix Montes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Stamatis Ifantis quite easily take care of the ball. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera stood somewhat misplaced when Evelio Gregory came free in front of goal and shot 1-1 to the left of him in the 26 minute. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Stamatis Ifantis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Felix Montenegro hit a great ball. Camilo Gisbert hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Panagiotis Agapakis'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 41st minute of play. Stamatis Ifantis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

ERGOTELIS's Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis was substituted for Evelio Gregory. ERGOTELIS's Lazaros Routsis was substituted for Panagiotis Agapakis. After a rather tough play, ERGOTELIS's Stathis Tavanopoulos got a free kick in the 59th minute. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis in the 61st minute of play. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind ERGOTELIS's goalkeeper Stamatis Ifantis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 71st minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis in the 72nd minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 任树振 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis in the 77th minute of the match. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 任树振, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Stamatis Ifantis firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 80th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. Felix Montes made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that ERGOTELIS's Stamatis Ifantis managed to reach the ball for a save. 82 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stamatis Ifantis. ERGOTELIS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis in the 85th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 任树振 kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 88th 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. In the 92nd match minute, ERGOTELIS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 任树振 to maneuver through the defense. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Stamatis Ifantis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Stamatis Ifantis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ecuador played a much better game than ERGOTELIS and deserved their victory. The ERGOTELIS players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.