La Garra del Tigre
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tigres Ñacuñán FC's Christian Bergqvist started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 2 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christian Bergqvist. In the 4th minute Tigres Ñacuñán FC were awarded a corner. Ricardo Stephen went to the cornerflag to take it. Tigres Ñacuñán FC's Eloy Mazuste played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 8th minute of play. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eloy Mazuste showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 18th minute of the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislaw Hyska in the 29th minute of the match. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Eloy Mazuste took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 36 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Tigres Ñacuñán FC booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agustín Saelices didn't get a good kick on the ball. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Stanislaw Hyska sent off a good shot on target. Tigres Ñacuñán FC were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ricardo Stephen took the corner. Alfonso Pere hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Christian Bergqvist's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 43rdth minute, Julio Vera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Christian Bergqvist had several of the Ecuador's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 43 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Julio Vera as he didn't even see the shot coming. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.
With a little luck, Tigres Ñacuñán FC's Eloy Mazuste got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 52nd minute, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Christian Bergqvist 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. Tigres Ñacuñán FC's Eloy Mazuste played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 58th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Bergqvist came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislaw Hyska in the 63rd minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eloy Mazuste narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Eloy Mazuste tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Sinan Okergun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Tigres Ñacuñán FC's Eloy Mazuste proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Tigres Ñacuñán FC from getting a goal against them. Daniel Zorita who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 75thth minute tested the skills of Eloy Mazuste when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 79th minute Andres Pitin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eloy Mazuste made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. Tigres Ñacuñán FC's Eloy Mazuste proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Tigres Ñacuñán FC from getting a goal against them. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sinan Okergun in the 83rd minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Tigres Ñacuñán FC's goalkeeper Eloy Mazuste had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. In the 86th minute, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Eloy Mazuste. Eloy Mazuste yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. 93 minutes into the game, Cristian Sancho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Eloy Mazuste was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ecuador's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.
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