Challenge

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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Juan Pablo Fuentes took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julio Vera. Julio Vera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 9th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Nikolaou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adolfo Azeari charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adolfo Azeari the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 16th match minute, SAPSALOMADA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adolfo Azeari to maneuver through the defense. SAPSALOMADA FC's Nikos Nikolaou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Andino in the 17th minute of play. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by SAPSALOMADA 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. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Pablo Fuentes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Pablo Fuentes in the 23rd minute of the match. Juan Pablo Fuentes's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Julio Vera firmly grabbed it by the left post. After a rather tough play, SAPSALOMADA FC's 林川扬 got a free kick in the 26th minute. In the 29thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SAPSALOMADA FC's Nikos Nikolaou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 林川扬 hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Pablo Fuentes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikos Nikolaou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 35th minute after SAPSALOMADA FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. In the 37th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Nikolaou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of SAPSALOMADA FC's Nikos Nikolaou. Nikos Nikolaou was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to SAPSALOMADA FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Oscar Colon hit a great ball. After 42 played minutes, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nikos Nikolaou came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ecuador reached it. Cristian Sancho's late challenge caught a SAPSALOMADA FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristian Sancho helped the player get up and apologised. After 43 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Sancho. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stelios Vakalis went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Cristian Sancho who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 52ndth minute tested the skills of Nikos Nikolaou when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Nikos Nikolaou made a huge save. In the 56th minute, Eleftherios Poulis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SAPSALOMADA FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. 61 minutes into the match, Juan Pablo Fuentes notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Juan Pablo Fuentes's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. With a little luck, SAPSALOMADA FC's Nikos Nikolaou got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. 81 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of SAPSALOMADA FC's Nikos Nikolaou. Nikos Nikolaou was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 84th 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. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind SAPSALOMADA FC's goalkeeper Nikos Nikolaou, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 88th minute, Oscar Colon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikos Nikolaou 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 89th minute. Nikos Nikolaou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 93rd minute of play. Vladimiro Rumaldo kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ecuador's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because SAPSALOMADA FC had won, even though Ecuador had held more of the ball.