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ERGOTELIS MARTINEGO
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 任树振 kicked off to start the match. Stamatis Ifantis 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 4th minute. Stamatis Ifantis came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Daniel Zorita scored 0-2 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stamatis Ifantis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panagiotis Agapakis in the 9th minute of the match. Cristian Sancho hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. After 16 played minutes ERGOTELIS got a freekick which was hit by Panagiotis Agapakis. Stamatis Ifantis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 18th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of ERGOTELIS's Stamatis Ifantis. Stamatis Ifantis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Stamatis Ifantis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 24 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Stamatis Ifantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, ERGOTELIS's Thodoris Kefaloukos got a free kick in the 26th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Stamatis Ifantis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 31 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Stamatis Ifantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that 任树振's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Eusebiu Apostu charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eusebiu Apostu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ecuador's Felix Montenegro took a good shot, in the 43rd minute, which hit the crossbar above Stamatis Ifantis's head, and flew over the goal. ERGOTELIS's manager was very thankful on the sidelines as his team had managed to keep the ball out of the net after some serious pressure by Ecuador. In the 44th minute, Felix Montes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 46 minutes into the match, 任树振 dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Julio Vera, 1-4. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Through an outstanding action, after 54 minutes, Stamatis Ifantis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Stamatis Ifantis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 55th minute. After a defensive mix-up in ERGOTELIS's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stamatis Ifantis 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. 67 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Stamatis Ifantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the ERGOTELIS fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis couldn't finish the play. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Stamatis Ifantis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristian Sancho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stamatis Ifantis having to make a save. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis in the 80th minute of play. Luis Andino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stamatis Ifantis having to interfere. In the 84th minute Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis 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. 86 minutes in the game Camilo Gisbert did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Juan Sebastián Puig. Daniel Zorita succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-5 in the 87th playminute. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 任树振 in the 91st minute of play. Luis Andino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Stamatis Ifantis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 97 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's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.