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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Luis Andino hit a great ball. Antonio Arias hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. After 10 minutes, Cristian Sancho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ecuador and the 中职联-大连实德 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a free kick in the 10th minute. After a rather tough play, 中职联-大连实德's 孔坤振 got a free kick in the 11th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 12th minute of play forced 中职联-大连实德's goalkeeper Marciano Beturian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marciano Beturian in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Marciano Beturian 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 19th minute. 方思城 hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marciano Beturian was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. After having played for 30 minutes, Luis Andino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luis Andino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 34thth minute of the game Felix Montenegro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 中职联-大连实德's Marciano Beturian was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 36th minute, Cristian Sancho 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: 0-1. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marciano Beturian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 45th minute of play. After 46 played minutes 中职联-大连实德 got a freekick which was hit by 孔坤振. 中职联-大连实德's Marciano Beturian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 47th minute of play. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 49th minute. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marciano Beturian in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Daniel Zorita in the 55thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marciano Beturian, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Felix Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marciano Beturian having to interfere. 58 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Marciano Beturian, 0-2. Cristian Sancho who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 61stth minute tested the skills of Marciano Beturian when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With a little luck, 中职联-大连实德's Marciano Beturian got control of the ball when Felix Montenegro tried to sneak it across the goal line. 中职联-大连实德's Marciano Beturian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 65th minute of play. Denis Juvenal's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Denis Juvenal helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th match minute, 中职联-大连实德 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Denis Juvenal to maneuver through the defense. Denis Juvenal hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. With his leg Marciano Beturian managed to avoid a goal in the 69thth minute, when Ecuador's Cristian Sancho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, 中职联-大连实德's Denis Juvenal got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 76th minute, Ecuador's Felix Montenegro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marciano Beturian. Marciano Beturian yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. Ecuador's Luis Andino shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 81st minute of play. The shot was stopped by Marciano Beturian but with some difficulty. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Marciano Beturian made a huge save. In the 84th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marciano Beturian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Luis Andino came up free with the goalie in the 89th 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 Luis Andino couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than 中职联-大连实德.