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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Vitaliy van der Aa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. GrassNuts FC's Su Peng Jian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 2nd minute of play. Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Su Peng Jian read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 11th minute of play. Su Peng Jian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 11th minute of the match. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vitaliy van der Aa's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. A collision led to GrassNuts FC getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg hit a great ball. Su Peng Jian 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 20th minute. GrassNuts FC were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg took the corner. After taking down the ball on GrassNuts FC's corner Pierre-Emile Højbjerg fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. GrassNuts FC's Su Peng Jian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Andino in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. GrassNuts FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Luis Andino hit a great ball. Su Peng Jian didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Sancho went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Su Peng Jian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 32nd minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Bernt Finnman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernt Finnman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 1-2 became the score in the 36th minute when Cristian Sancho elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 41 minutes into the game, GrassNuts FC's Vitaliy van der Aa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julio Vera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. When GrassNuts FC's Vitaliy van der Aa in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. 46 minutes into the game, Jouni Markkula was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GrassNuts FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Su Peng Jian having to interfere. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vitaliy van der Aa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. GrassNuts FC were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Roger Magnusson managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 61st minute, Daniel Zorita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vitaliy van der Aa in the 72nd minute of play. 75 minutes into the game, Cristian Sancho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Su Peng Jian was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. GrassNuts FC's Ove Eklund was substituted for Vitaliy van der Aa. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 82nd minute, Felix Montenegro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Su Peng Jian was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-5. The audience was convinced that Ove Eklund's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. In the 91st minute, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, GrassNuts FC's Jouni Markkula got a free kick in the 95th minute. 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.