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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, ПФК.КЕНТАВЪР-1923 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nencho Stoimirov to maneuver through the defense. Edwin van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 6th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. Vladko Vakarelov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Osvaldo Mero fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Edwin van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A hard shot 14 in the game by Vladko Vakarelov from a close distance when the talented Julio Vera managed to make a qualified save. Ecuador's players were relieved. Edwin van der Sar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Daniel Zorita's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cristian Sancho in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Edwin van der Sar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Through an outstanding action, after 28 minutes, Julio Vera successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Edwin van der Sar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 34 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edwin van der Sar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Emanuel Saldanha fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ПФК.КЕНТАВЪР-1923's protests and gave Emanuel Saldanha a yellow card for diving instead. In the 38th match minute, ПФК.КЕНТАВЪР-1923 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Saldanha to maneuver through the defense. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nencho Stoimirov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Lulcho Iliev charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lulcho Iliev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 43rd minute of play forced ПФК.КЕНТАВЪР-1923's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by ПФК.КЕНТАВЪР-1923's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

ПФК.КЕНТАВЪР-1923 made a substitution. Borys Ogrodowicz replaced Dragoş Burtea. ПФК.КЕНТАВЪР-1923 made a substitution. Desislav Kondov replaced Hugon Rozanski. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Osvaldo Mero to make the kick off. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Edwin van der Sar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edwin van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 56 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Agustín Saelices sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edwin van der Sar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 57 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Vladko Vakarelov came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Edwin van der Sar in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Edwin van der Sar was out of position in the 59 minute of play, and Daniel Zorita capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Daniel Zorita really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 68th minute of the match. In the 70th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luis Andino to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Luis Andino got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 74th minute, Emanuel Saldanha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edwin van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 75th minute of play. After 76 minutes of play ПФК.КЕНТАВЪР-1923's Emanuel Saldanha was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 77 played minutes ПФК.КЕНТАВЪР-1923 got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Saldanha. In the 80th 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. Daniel Zorita scored 0-3 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edwin van der Sar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Osvaldo Mero in the 88th minute of the match. Osvaldo Mero took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julio Vera. Julio Vera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Through an outstanding action, after 93 minutes, Edwin van der Sar successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 94th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agustín Saelices to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edwin van der Sar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ecuador played a much better game than ПФК.КЕНТАВЪР-1923 and deserved their victory. The ПФК.КЕНТАВЪР-1923 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.