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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off. Rune Söder took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Agustín Saelices got a free kick in the 11th minute. After 12 played minutes, Firma Barnängen's Matthias Ekström shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Julio Vera came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Firma Barnängen reached it. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Cristian Sancho put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Rune Söder. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Mark Olsson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Firma Barnängen's supporters rose to their feet, but Mark Olsson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 24 minutes into the game, Firma Barnängen's Matthias Ekström 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. Firma Barnängen's Bernt Runberg 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 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mark Olsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mark Olsson to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Humberto Alcaraz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Rune Söder made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Rune Söder stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Daniel Zorita's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rune Söder was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Sancho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rune Söder breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernt Runberg in the 59th minute of the match. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 64 minutes, Camilo Gisbert mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ecuador and the Firma Barnängen players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 63rd minute of the game. One of Ecuador:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Firma Barnängen:s goal. The referee gave Firma Barnängen a penalty, 65 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Matthias Ekström, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. 2-1. Humberto Alcaraz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. In the 75th match minute, Firma Barnängen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vidar Gummeson to maneuver through the defense. Rune Söder made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. When Firma Barnängen's Mark Olsson in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. After 82nd play minutes Daniel Zorita shot 2-2, a short shot which went by Rune Söder and just under the crossbar into goal. After having played for 94 minutes, Humberto Alcaraz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Firma Barnängen's supporters crossed their fingers, but Humberto Alcaraz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 96 played minutes Firma Barnängen got a freekick which was hit by Humberto Alcaraz. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Ecuador players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.