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Match Report
Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36,
Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bubu Denat took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 2 minutes of play, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Bubu Denat made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gonzalo Boye in the 16th minute. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bubu Denat in the 20th minute of play. In the 21st minute of the match F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gonzalo Boye ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Gonzalo Boye to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. If Antoni Villarroel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Julio Vera didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Bubu Denat shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alejandro Verdu 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. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bubu Denat in the 44th minute of play. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antoni Villarroel in the 45th minute of play. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA from getting a goal against them.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bubu Denat in the 51st minute of play. In the 54th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejandro Verdu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Francesc Pla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Marc Vilaplana was substituted for Ludovít Reis. After 66 minutes of play, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Bubu Denat made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bubu Denat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 76 minutes, Bubu Denat managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bubu Denat was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 80 minutes into the match, Bubu Denat had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bubu Denat was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA made a substitution. David Ballester replaced Gonzalo Boye. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bubu Denat got free with Julio Vera in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Antoni Villarroel managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's supporters rose to their feet, but Antoni Villarroel 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. The supporters of Ecuador booed when F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joan Puig didn't get a good kick on the ball. Daniel Zorita's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alejandro Verdu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. Francesc Pla's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.
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