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National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Victor Peres made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the match, U21 Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Cornelio Ixidor came free, but Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to U21 Argentina getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Charly Alcaraz hit a great ball. Nemesio Baladi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Peres in the 8th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the match, U21 Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Cornelio Ixidor came free, but Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitor Senqui in the 16th minute of play forced U21 Argentina's goalkeeper Nemesio Baladi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cornelio Ixidor in the 18th minute of the match. In the 20th minute Cornelio Ixidor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Martin Suy hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cornelio Ixidor in the 26th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the match, Cornelio Ixidor notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of U21 Ecuador's Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos. Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Victor Peres took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nemesio Baladi. Nemesio Baladi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Severiano Urbez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vitor Senqui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Severiano Urbez was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cornelio Ixidor in the 52nd minute of play forced U21 Ecuador's goalkeeper Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nemesio Baladi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vitor Senqui, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Argentina's Roberto Cherro was substituted for Severiano Urbez. U21 Argentina's Thomas Corredor was substituted for Cornelio Ixidor. U21 Argentina made a substitution. Desiderio Hitz replaced Cleto Barea. U21 Ecuador's Franco Viso was substituted for Vitor Senqui. U21 Ecuador's Weterio Capel was substituted for Cántaro Viladrosa. In the 58th minute of the match U21 Ecuador got a corner. U21 Argentina's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Segundo Balaunde ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind U21 Ecuador's goalkeeper Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When U21 Argentina's Roberto Cherro in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Roberto Cherro put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos. In the 73rd match minute, U21 Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martinez Feloaga to maneuver through the defense. Franco Viso took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nemesio Baladi. Nemesio Baladi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. U21 Ecuador's defense didn't have a chance, in the 84th minute, when Roberto Cherro scored to the left of an out of position Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos, making the score, 2-3. U21 Argentina's Aaron Anselmino quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Beto Araujo, made in the 92nd minute of the game. When U21 Argentina's Roberto Cherro in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. The U21 Ecuador fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. U21 Argentina were clearly better and deserved to take the win.