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Pichincha
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Camilo Berges started the match with the kick off. Antonio Valencia hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Zurica in the 8th minute of play forced UD Narancay's goalkeeper Vilson Arguiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonio Valencia in the 9th minute of play forced UD Narancay's goalkeeper Vilson Arguiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Elias Senzano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edson Cereceda was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Luciano Mañueco hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 24th minute, Zavior Descalzo 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. Zuñiga Sama sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcelo Zurica kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. A hard shot 32 in the game by Henry Goicoechea from a close distance when the talented Vilson Arguiz managed to make a qualified save. UD Narancay's players were relieved. When Henry Goicoechea came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Inter de Guayaquil FC 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 Henry Goicoechea couldn't finish the play. If Marcelo Zurica had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vilson Arguiz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Valencia in the 39th minute of play. Antonio Valencia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vilson Arguiz having to interfere. Henry Goicoechea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Vilson Arguiz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Inter de Guayaquil FC's Vilson Arguiz threw himself towards the right post 44 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Antonio Valencia, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Henry Goicoechea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vilson Arguiz having to interfere. In the 55th minute Inter de Guayaquil FC were awarded a corner. Antonio Valencia went to the cornerflag to take it. Inter de Guayaquil FC's Antonio Valencia was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Vilson Arguiz in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. If Marcelo Zurica had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 60 minutes into the match, Inter de Guayaquil FC's goalkeeper Edson Cereceda had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zuñiga Sama. Inter de Guayaquil FC's Edson Cereceda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Inter de Guayaquil FC from getting a goal against them. Henry Goicoechea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vilson Arguiz having to interfere. In the 80th minute Antonio Valencia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vilson Arguiz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonio Valencia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vilson Arguiz having to interfere. When Marcelo Zurica came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Inter de Guayaquil FC 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 Marcelo Zurica couldn't finish the play.