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Match Report
San Siro
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita made the kick off and thus started the match. A.C. Milan's Costin Giugiuc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 4th minute of play. In the 4th minute, Daniel Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Costin Giugiuc. A.C. Milan's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 13 minutes, Aurelio Mederi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the A.C. Milan and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when A.C. Milan's Aurelio Mederi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 20 minutes into the match, A.C. Milan's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Costin Giugiuc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by A.C. Milan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. A.C. Milan's Costin Giugiuc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 25th minute of play. After 37 played minutes A.C. Milan got a freekick which was hit by Aurelio Mederi. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A.C. Milan's Costin Giugiuc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 42nd minute of play. After the first half Ecuador were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aurelio Mederi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costică Chiriloaie in the 52nd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Costin Giugiuc made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Costin Giugiuc made a huge save. A.C. Milan were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Aurelio Mederi took the corner. After taking down the ball on A.C. Milan's corner Aurelio Mederi 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 Aurelio Mederi in the 61st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Felix Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Costin Giugiuc having to interfere. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aurelio Mederi's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. The audience was convinced that Aurelio Mederi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Costică Chiriloaie, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Costin Giugiuc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 80th minute of the match. 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 85th minute. After 87 minutes, Horea Berca mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the A.C. Milan and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 89th minute, Cristian Sancho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 92 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Costin Giugiuc narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ecuador played a much better game than A.C. Milan and deserved their victory. The A.C. Milan players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.
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