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Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. Ruperto Gonza in the 5thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Julio Vera, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 6 minutes into the match, Golden Arrows's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Manuel Antono reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th 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. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 13th 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. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jânio Motta in the 15th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Golden Arrows's Isidoor Goons got a free kick in the 16th minute. Manuel Antono 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 17th minute. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Golden Arrows'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. Manuel Antono made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agustín Saelices in the 21st minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, Golden Arrows's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Montenegro came free, but Manuel Antono reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Golden Arrows'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. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiusz Wnukowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Manuel Antono showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 37th minute of the match. After having played for 39 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. Lucas Mothobi kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Arkadiusz Wnukowski to make the kick off. When Arkadiusz Wnukowski came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Golden Arrows 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 Arkadiusz Wnukowski couldn't finish the play. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arkadiusz Wnukowski in the 53rd minute of play. Golden Arrows's Manuel Antono played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agustín Saelices in the 56th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arkadiusz Wnukowski in the 58th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lucas Mothobi was slow to take the kick. During this time Golden Arrows's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Golden Arrows's corner Jabu Manyethela fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Golden Arrows was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidoor Goons didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruperto Gonza, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. A collision led to Golden Arrows getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Jânio Motta hit a great ball. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiusz Wnukowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. The audience was convinced that Ruperto Gonza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. Golden Arrows's Manuel Antono played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 82nd minute of play. Felix Montes kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Ruperto Gonza 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. Manuel Antono showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Ecuador were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.