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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After having played for 9 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Baldomiro Txindoki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Luis Andino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Baldomiro Txindoki narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Baldomiro Txindoki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 21st minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Iulian Pietreanu took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Julio Vera to make any attempt to save it. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Orçun Yalınalp kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julio Vera should have stopped the shot. Baldomiro Txindoki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 33rd minute, Daniel Zorita left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iulian Pietreanu in the 40th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's Baldomiro Txindoki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Juan Sebastián Puig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the FC UNIREA Alba Iulia defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Baldomiro Txindoki. The FC UNIREA Alba Iulia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Baldomiro Txindoki should have stopped the shot. 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Iulian Pietreanu was the one to do the kick off. FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's Baldomiro Txindoki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 51st minute of play. After 55 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Sancho. Baldomiro Txindoki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's Baldomiro Txindoki proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save FC UNIREA Alba Iulia from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's Baldomiro Txindoki got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 62 minutes FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Baldomiro Txindoki in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's Baldomiro Txindoki got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Petrică Cândreanu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The supporters of FC UNIREA Alba Iulia booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luis Andino didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's Iulian Pietreanu got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's goalkeeper Baldomiro Txindoki, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Baldomiro Txindoki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to FC UNIREA Alba Iulia getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Nicolae Ungureanu hit a great ball. Baldomiro Txindoki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zenon Galagan during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 94th minute, Zenon Galagan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Ecuador players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented FC UNIREA Alba Iulia from taking control. The game ends in a draw.