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福建宁德活塞队
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 方桑正 took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in 福建宁德活塞队's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fred Bonk came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 7th minute, Daniel Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Fred Bonk. 福建宁德活塞队's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Fred Bonk 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 9th minute. In the 10th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 13th minute, Felix Montenegro 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. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 方桑正, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 25th minute of play forced 福建宁德活塞队's goalkeeper Fred Bonk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 福建宁德活塞队's Fred Bonk did a great save. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 方桑正 in the 42nd minute of the match. 42 minutes into the game, 方桑正 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Julio Vera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 柳岚鸿 kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. Cristian Sancho might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fred Bonk. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cristian Sancho ran back to his position shaking his head. Agustín Saelices's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fred Bonk read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. With a little luck, 福建宁德活塞队's Fred Bonk got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Fred Bonk in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fred Bonk made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Felix Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. If 柳岚鸿 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Fred Bonk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 方桑正's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 90th minute of play. 92 minutes into the game, 福建宁德活塞队's 柯默渊 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. Ecuador were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.