Challenge

Şahinbey Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jacob Bürger kicked off to start the match. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Efespor's goalkeeper Tobias Oto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tobias Oto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 27th minute of play. Tobias Oto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 32nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tobias Oto breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tobias Oto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 35th minute of play. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Aybek Kiyas hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. In the 45th match minute, Efespor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stanyo Popandreev to maneuver through the defense. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Evren Lütufkâr hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Tobias Oto 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 52nd minute. Tobias Oto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 53rd minute. Tobias Oto made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. Luis Andino struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Tobias Oto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. Tobias Oto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 59th minute. Tobias Oto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 60th minute. Tobias Oto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the last second Tobias Oto throw himself and got hold of the ball when Cristian Sancho in the 62ndth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Daniel Zorita scored 0-2 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tobias Oto, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 71 minutes into the game, Aybek Kiyas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Efespor's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. After 71 played minutes Efespor got a freekick which was hit by Aybek Kiyas. In the 73rd minute Özcan Mertol 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. Jacob Bürger scored 1-2 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Cemal Üstüner sped through Ecuador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Julio Vera. Tobias Oto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 81st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacob Bürger in the 82nd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Zorita came free with the goalkeeper in the 85th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Tobias Oto could save by the left post. If Cemal Üstüner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Felix Montenegro struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Tobias Oto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. In the 92nd match minute, Efespor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicolas Venerando to maneuver through the defense. Tobias Oto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 92nd minute. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 95 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ecuador were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.