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Afonsinho Aguiar
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Adriano Cruz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 3th minute after Littles's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. The corner led Ecuador's Felix Montes to fire away a dangerous shot which Adriano Cruz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 6th minute, 谢克军 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Littles fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 11th 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. After 16 minutes of play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adriano Cruz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 35 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when 谢克军 came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adriano Cruz 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 36th minute. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 40th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adriano Cruz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Adriano Cruz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adriano Cruz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Daniel Zorita was the one to do the kick off. After 53 minutes Littles'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. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Littles's Adriano Cruz did a great save. 54 minutes into the game, Daniel Zorita cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Adriano Cruz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 58th 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. In the 61st minute, Littles's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Littles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedro Luís de Sena didn't get a good kick on the ball. 64 minutes into the match, Littles's 谢克军 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Littles's Boro Paunović got a free kick in the 65th minute. Littles made a substitution. Christian Tasso replaced Alexandrino lacerda. A collision led to Littles getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Boro Paunović hit a great ball. 67 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Adriano Cruz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Littles getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Boro Paunović hit a great ball. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Adriano Cruz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 73rd minute of the match. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Littles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. 齐南乐 didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Ecuador's Daniel Zorita, in the 89th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.