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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) ionion's Fabio Abalos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 7th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 11th minute of play forced ionion's goalkeeper Fabio Abalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 15 minutes into the game, ionion's Zikoranachidimma Bischhoffshausen 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, 1-1. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When ionion's Ilie Surugiu in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. In the 26th match minute, ionion was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Niculae Moisescu to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes into the game, ionion's Panait Oprea 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, 2-1. Ilie Surugiu scored 3-1 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fabio Abalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 35th minute of play. Ilie Surugiu scored 4-1 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristian Sancho in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fabio Abalos saved ionion from getting behind. Ilie Surugiu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ilie Surugiu's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Ilie Surugiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fabio Abalos 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 53rd minute. Daniel Zorita might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fabio Abalos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daniel Zorita ran back to his position shaking his head. 59 minutes into the match, Ilie Surugiu 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 Ilie Surugiu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. Cristian Sancho in the 62ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Fabio Abalos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Fabio Abalos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 65th minute. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ilie Surugiu's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. In the 67th minute, Daniel Zorita 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. In the 71st minute the ball was on its way in behind ionion's goalkeeper Fabio Abalos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 76thth minute of the game Zikoranachidimma Bischhoffshausen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 77th match minute, ionion was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grigore Pădure to maneuver through the defense. When Felix Montenegro came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Ecuador 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 Felix Montenegro couldn't finish the play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilie Surugiu in the 80th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Ilie Surugiu put it in 6-1 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. The audience was convinced that Ilie Surugiu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. After 94 played minutes ionion got a freekick which was hit by Viorel Neicu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 95th minute of play forced ionion's goalkeeper Fabio Abalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute, Luis Andino 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: 6-2.