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Estadio Todo Rojo
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Luo Ming Peng kicked off to start the match. Ayhan Özbey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 4th minute of play. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Poker de Ases ⚜️'s Saul Goodman got a free kick in the 13th minute. Ayhan Özbey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ayhan Özbey. Ayhan Özbey dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Teodoro Berenguer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 34 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ayhan Özbey. Poker de Ases ⚜️'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 36th minute, Felix Montes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anton Becker got free with Julio Vera in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Becker, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd 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. Ayhan Özbey breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Poker de Ases ⚜️'s zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ayhan Özbey came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After the first half Ecuador were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. Luis Andino might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ayhan Özbey. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luis Andino ran back to his position shaking his head. Ayhan Özbey came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Poker de Ases ⚜️'s Ayhan Özbey proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Poker de Ases ⚜️ from getting a goal against them. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Becker in the 62nd minute of play. In the 67th minute, Cristian Sancho 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. Julio Vera didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Poker de Ases ⚜️'s Anton Becker shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Ayhan Özbey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 73rd minute of the match. Luo Ming Peng scored 2-3 in the 76th 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Ayhan Özbey in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luis Andino 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. Reynaldo Lorien hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Poker de Ases ⚜️'s zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ayhan Özbey came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.