Challenge

Lipochσrion Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Christoforos Triantafyllou'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. Christoforos Triantafyllou helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Lipochσrion FC's Christoforos Triantafyllou got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Dimitris Pirtsos came out of the goal in the 4th 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 0-1. Dimitris Pirtsos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. Dimitris Pirtsos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino 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. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Lipochσrion FC's Dimitris Pirtsos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felix Montenegro in the 24th minute of play. In the 24th minute, Felix Montenegro made a precise shot to the right of Dimitris Pirtsos. Lipochσrion FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Daniel Zorita might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dimitris Pirtsos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daniel Zorita ran back to his position shaking his head. Daniel Zorita succeeded in the game's 29th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-4. When Ecuador's Cristian Sancho in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lipochσrion FC's goalie prevented a goal. Cristian Sancho took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dimitris Pirtsos. Dimitris Pirtsos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Telis Moschogiannis hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dimitris Pirtsos. Dimitris Pirtsos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. 44 minutes into the game, Daniel Zorita cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Dimitris Pirtsos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half Ecuador were leading 0-7. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Luis Andino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Dimitris Pirtsos made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Lipochσrion FC's Timos Stavrinoudakis got a free kick in the 52nd minute. After some careless play in the Lipochσrion FC defense, Luis Andino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dimitris Pirtsos. The Lipochσrion FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dimitris Pirtsos should have stopped the shot. When Paraskevas Chronis fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lipochσrion FC's protests and gave Paraskevas Chronis a yellow card for diving instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 58th minute of the game. One of Lipochσrion FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ecuador:s goal. Dimitris Pirtsos had in the 59thth minute some difficulties stopping Daniel Zorita's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his right side, but he still managed to hold the ball Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dimitris Pirtsos. Dimitris Pirtsos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-9. Luis Andino took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dimitris Pirtsos. Dimitris Pirtsos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-10. When Timos Stavrinoudakis fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lipochσrion FC's protests and gave Timos Stavrinoudakis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 68th minute, Timos Stavrinoudakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute, Cristian Sancho 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. Dimitris Pirtsos made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Felix Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Montenegro 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. Dimitris Pirtsos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 75th minute. Luis Andino might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dimitris Pirtsos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luis Andino ran back to his position shaking his head. When Ecuador's Luis Andino, in the 79th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. Paraskevas Chronis got his second yellow card in the match during the 80th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Paraskevas Chronis hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Agustín Saelices's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 84thth minute, Dimitris Pirtsos skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 86th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Lipochσrion 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. A nice corner shot did that Luis Andino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dimitris Pirtsos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Dimitris Pirtsos 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 89th minute. After 90 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Agustín Saelices. Vassilis Mavrofridis hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Daniel Zorita took a quick shot and it went in 0-11 without a chance for Dimitris Pirtsos to make any attempt to save it.