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浮生半日闲
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. Claudio Birila made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 7th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 罗梁霖 in the 10th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to 浮生半日闲 getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. 邵渊庭 hit a great ball. In the 21st minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudio Birila saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 22 minutes of play, Ecuador's Felix Montenegro made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Claudio Birila was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Luis Andino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 罗梁霖 in the 30th minute of play. Claudio Birila didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 罗梁霖 in the 37th minute of play. 罗梁霖 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Daniel Zorita's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Claudio Birila read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. Claudio Birila stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cristian Sancho's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. After 45 minutes 浮生半日闲'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 led to Ecuador's Luis Andino getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After the first half Ecuador were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and 罗梁霖 made a kick off. After a defensive mix-up in 浮生半日闲's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Claudio Birila 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Montenegro got free with Claudio Birila in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 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 62nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Claudio Birila in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Claudio Birila came out and tried to block the shot, but Daniel Zorita slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 71st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Claudio Birila in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 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 75th minute. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Claudio Birila quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 77th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Primitivo Andino to maneuver through the defense. 80 minutes in the game, Luis Andino fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Claudio Birila having to interfere. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 82th minute after 浮生半日闲's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Felix Montenegro managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 86th 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 having played for 92 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 94 minutes, 齐斌亦 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 浮生半日闲 and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 94 played minutes 浮生半日闲 got a freekick which was hit by 齐斌亦. 浮生半日闲's defense didn't have a chance, in the 96th minute, when Cristian Sancho scored to the left of an out of position Claudio Birila, making the score, 0-5. Ecuador played a much better game than 浮生半日闲 and deserved their victory. The 浮生半日闲 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.