Challenge

Buca Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. Eligijus Abakevičius could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eligijus Abakevičius got free with Julio Vera in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eligijus Abakevičius went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Camilo Gisbert got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 31st minute, Bucaspor's Gregorie Lievens dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Nando Muslera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julio Vera was out of position in the 39 minute of play, and Gregorie Lievens capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gregorie Lievens really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. Bucaspor's Gregorie Lievens got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gregorie Lievens to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Bucaspor getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Ahmet Yahya Ülkümen hit a great ball. After 55 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Agustín Saelices. After 60 minutes of play, Bucaspor's Eligijus Abakevičius made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nando Muslera having to interfere. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gregorie Lievens in the 68th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ahmet Yahya Ülkümen during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Bucaspor getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Ahmet Yahya Ülkümen hit a great ball. In the 72nd minute of the match, Cristian Sancho got a very nice opportunity to score, but Nando Muslera was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 79 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Gregorie Lievens came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After taking down the ball on Bucaspor's corner Günalp Paksoy fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Nando Muslera made a huge save. Hüsmen Emekli kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Luis Andino made in the 91st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Camilo Gisbert. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gregorie Lievens in the 93rd minute of the match. Many of Ecuador's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Ecuador may have spent more time on the ball, but Bucaspor were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.