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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gerardo Hitz got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Waldemar Matorin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist 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 8th minute. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 10 minutes Black Rose 1979's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist 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 11th minute. Julio Vera was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Waldemar Matorin showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 17 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Karl-Johan Ahlqvist was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Agustín Saelices took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Karl-Johan Ahlqvist. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 27th minute of play forced Black Rose 1979's goalkeeper Karl-Johan Ahlqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerardo Hitz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Waldemar Matorin in the 30th minute. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerardo Hitz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 51st minute of the match. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st minute, Davor Šuker hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Black Rose 1979 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elias Palos didn't get a good kick on the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Gerardo Hitz came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gerardo Hitz in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. After 85 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sebastian Enekoitz who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Davor Šuker managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. An unexpectedly hard shot by Davor Šuker in the 88th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 90th minute. In the 94th minute Black Rose 1979 were awarded a corner. Sebastian Enekoitz went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Black Rose 1979's corner Sebastian Enekoitz fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waldemar Matorin in the 96th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.