Challenge

ĪRA stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Chinomso Zelarayan kicked off to start the match. IRAKLIS's Iakovos Perivolakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 3rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 5th minute of play forced IRAKLIS's goalkeeper Iakovos Perivolakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 8 minutes into the match, IRAKLIS's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Iakovos Perivolakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. IRAKLIS's Iakovos Perivolakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 9th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, IRAKLIS's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Iakovos Perivolakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 11th minute of play forced IRAKLIS's goalkeeper Iakovos Perivolakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 12th minute of play forced IRAKLIS's goalkeeper Iakovos Perivolakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltiadis Liakos in the 16th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute IRAKLIS were awarded a corner. Alketas Kolliopoulos went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on IRAKLIS's corner Alketas Kolliopoulos fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. Iakovos Perivolakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 19th minute of the match. Akakios Lyberopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Iakovos Perivolakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chinomso Zelarayan came free with the goalkeeper in the 27th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Julio Vera could save by the left post. Iakovos Perivolakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 29th minute of the match. Iakovos Perivolakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 31st 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 Tasos Samarakos in the 36th minute of play. Iakovos Perivolakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 39th minute of the match. Akakios Lyberopoulos hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in IRAKLIS's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Iakovos Perivolakis came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Theodosis Christodoulou kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. In the 48th minute, Agustín Saelices ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Iakovos Perivolakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. In the 56th minute of the match IRAKLIS got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Alketas Kolliopoulos ran over to the corner to take the kick. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iakovos Perivolakis having to interfere. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chinomso Zelarayan in the 60th minute of play. IRAKLIS were awarded a corner in the 61th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alketas Kolliopoulos took the corner. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Iakovos Perivolakis made a huge save. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. IRAKLIS made a substitution. Menelaos Mavromatis replaced Akakios Lyberopoulos. Felix Montes kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. In the 75th minute of the match Alketas Kolliopoulos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kostas Koronas hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miltiadis Liakos, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Chinomso Zelarayan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.