Challenge

Lipochσrion Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vassilis Mavrofridis made the kick off which started today's match. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 5th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dimitris Pirtsos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Lipochσrion FC's Dimitris Pirtsos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 8th minute of play. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lipochσrion FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Ecuador's Felix Montenegro to a score. 0-2 in the 10th minute. Adamantios Stavrakos's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adamantios Stavrakos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 14th minute, Adamantios Stavrakos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 16th minute of play forced Lipochσrion FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Pirtsos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Zorita blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dimitris Pirtsos having to make a save. In the 21st minute, Cristian Sancho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vassilis Mavrofridis in the 22nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Lipochσrion FC's Paraskevas Chronis got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Paraskevas Chronis kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Sancho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dimitris Pirtsos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luis Andino's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dimitris Pirtsos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd 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 Vassilis Mavrofridis in the 34th minute of play. In the 37th minute, Camilo Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lipochσrion FC's Dimitris Pirtsos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 39th minute of play. Dimitris Pirtsos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. After a defensive mix-up in Lipochσrion FC's zone, Felix Montenegro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dimitris Pirtsos came out of the goal and Felix Montenegro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Lipochσrion FC getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Timos Stavrinoudakis hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Lipochσrion FC's Timos Stavrinoudakis got a free kick in the 51st minute. After 53 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Luis Andino. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Dimitris Pirtsos in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dimitris Pirtsos in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 62nd minute, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. In the 65th 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. 67 minutes into the match, Lipochσrion FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Dimitris Pirtsos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 74th minute of the match, Cristian Sancho tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dimitris Pirtsos saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 75 minutes of play, Ecuador's Luis Andino made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dimitris Pirtsos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 78th minute, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dimitris Pirtsos. Dimitris Pirtsos yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. Dimitris Pirtsos was a little too slow when Agustín Saelices got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 0-6. In the 89th minute Christoforos Triantafyllou 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.