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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ilie Surugiu kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Ilie Surugiu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ionion fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Fabio Abalos 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 9th minute. 10 minutes into the match, ionion's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Fabio Abalos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the game, Panait Oprea was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ionion's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. In the 15th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabio Abalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Panait Oprea stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Panait Oprea tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Zikoranachidimma Bischhoffshausen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Ilie Surugiu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Abalos having to interfere. Fabio Abalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 29th minute of the match. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Abalos having to interfere. Fabio Abalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 38th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ionion's Panait Oprea got a free kick in the 40th minute. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 42th minute after ionion's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, Daniel Zorita reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fabio Abalos. The goal made the score 1-1. In the 62nd minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. ionion'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. The crowd rose to their feet as Daniel Zorita kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Fabio Abalos. That made the score 1-3 in the 66 minute of play. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ilie Surugiu, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. 70 minutes into the match, ionion's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Fabio Abalos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 72nd 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: 1-4. In the 75th 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. A collision led to ionion getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Ilie Surugiu hit a great ball. In the 78th minute of the match, Daniel Zorita got a very nice opportunity to score, but Fabio Abalos was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. With a little luck, ionion's Fabio Abalos got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zikoranachidimma Bischhoffshausen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Felix Montes hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Ecuador had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.