Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) GloRy F.C.'s Honorio Efraim started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Valentinos Sabanis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Honorio Efraim's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Valentinos Sabanis made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Valentinos Sabanis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 11th minute. In the 13th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentinos Sabanis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valentinos Sabanis stood somewhat misplaced when Daniel Zorita came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 16 minute. GloRy F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tadeu Luz in the 21st minute. Fetih Sargut made a great header on GloRy F.C.'s corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Valentinos Sabanis in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 38 minutes, Kleon Argyriou mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GloRy F.C. and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to GloRy F.C. getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Kleon Argyriou hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, GloRy F.C.'s Honorio Efraim got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Tinko Vunov fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored GloRy F.C.'s protests and gave Tinko Vunov a yellow card for diving instead. GloRy F.C.:s Valentinos Sabanis showed great skill when he stopped Daniel Zorita:s penalty. Cristian Sancho hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fetih Sargut in the 70th minute of play. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Ecuador 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. GloRy F.C.'s Valentinos Sabanis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 78th minute of play. 80 minutes into the game, Honorio Efraim lined in a short shot 2-1 behind a frustrated Julio Vera. Valentinos Sabanis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 86th minute of the match. 86 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of GloRy F.C.'s Valentinos Sabanis. Valentinos Sabanis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. GloRy F.C. made a substitution. Quique Lastras replaced Fetih Sargut. After 95 minutes of play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentinos Sabanis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ecuador walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.