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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Dibag Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 5 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Dibag Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dibag Martinez 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 9th minute. In the 11th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dibag Martinez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dibag Martinez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 16 minutes La Scaloneta'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. Dibag Martinez came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Dibag Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 21st minute of the match. In the 22nd minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dibag Martinez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 24 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. 25 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Dibag Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 28th minute, La Scaloneta's Leandro Paredes dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 31st 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 Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. Lautaro Martinez who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 32ndth minute tested the skills of Julio Vera when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Lautaro Martinezs short, quick shot in the 32ndth minute got Julio Vera to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when La Scaloneta's Lautaro Martinez fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 36 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Dibag Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Lion Messi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 45th minute of the game.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lion Messi made a kick off. Ángel-Fabián Di María sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leandro Paredes in the 56th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Dibag Martinez in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dibag Martinez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 62nd minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Martinez in the 65th minute of the match. Cristian Sancho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dibag Martinez having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 71st minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Dibag Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Felix Montes hit a great ball. Felix Montes's late challenge caught a La Scaloneta's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Felix Montes helped the player get up and apologised. In the 76th minute, Felix Montes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leandro Paredes took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 77th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Julio Vera. Ecuador's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Julián Álvarez went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. After 83 played minutes La Scaloneta got a freekick which was hit by Ángel-Fabián Di María. Agustín Saelices charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Agustín Saelices the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Martinez, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Dibag Martinez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Leandro Paredes hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ecuador's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because La Scaloneta had won, even though Ecuador had held more of the ball.