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Estadio Manta SC
Spectators: 7947 (Terracing: 5961, Seating: 1828, VIP seats: 158) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roque Martino got the match started through his kick off. Manta SC's Bustos Davalos got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 6th match minute, Emelec SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zumar Sampedro to maneuver through the defense. Vitin Cagigas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yoel Miera, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Vitin Cagigas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rey Carmona in the 10th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yoel Miera in the 12th minute of play forced Emelec SC's goalkeeper Vitin Cagigas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 15 minutes into the match, Yoel Miera had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vitin Cagigas. Emelec SC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yoel Miera was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Bustos Davalos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitin Cagigas having to interfere. Vitin Cagigas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yoel Miera in the 23rd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Manta SC's Rey Carmona slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Vitin Cagigas. That made the score 2-0 after 25 minutes of play. After a defensive mix-up in Emelec SC's zone, Bustos Davalos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vitin Cagigas came out of the goal and Bustos Davalos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rey Carmona in the 42nd minute of play forced Emelec SC's goalkeeper Vitin Cagigas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vitin Cagigas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rey Carmona in the 43rd minute of the match. Vitin Cagigas made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Bustos Davalos sent off a good shot on target. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Vitin Cagigas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rey Carmona in the 56th minute of the match. Emelec SC's Vitin Cagigas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yoel Miera in the 58th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yoel Miera in the 61st minute of play forced Emelec SC's goalkeeper Vitin Cagigas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yoel Miera fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitin Cagigas having to interfere. Vitin Cagigas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rey Carmona, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Vitin Cagigas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rey Carmona, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Vitin Cagigas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yoel Miera in the 74th minute of the match. Vitin Cagigas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bustos Davalos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 75 minutes, Ugutz Zuloaga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Emelec SC and the Manta SC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ugutz Zuloaga hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Vitin Cagigas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rey Carmona in the 77th minute of play. Yoel Miera recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 81st minute, Yoel Miera ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vitin Cagigas was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. In the 90th minute, Yoel Miera got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Manta SC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.