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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Benedicto Bihar made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Batıkan Muhsin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Helge Kozub in the 5th minute. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Batıkan Muhsin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 6th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 8th minute of play forced Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's goalkeeper Batıkan Muhsin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonio Arias to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Seçkin Öksüzoğlu in the 10th minute really tested Julio Vera's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Julio Vera was a little too slow when Benedicto Bihar got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 17th minute. The score was now 1-0. Batıkan Muhsin 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 21st minute. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Batıkan Muhsin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Batıkan Muhsin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 29 minutes into the match, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Benedicto Bihar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedicto Bihar in the 36th 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 Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Benedicto Bihar hit a great ball. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Helge Kozub got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 42nd minute, Antonio Arias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedicto Bihar, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. In the 46th match minute, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robustiano Eron to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 50 minutes into the match, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's goalkeeper Batıkan Muhsin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. Kurtuluş Senih kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benedicto Bihar in the 57th minute of play. Benedicto Bihar scored 2-0 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedicto Bihar, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedicto Bihar in the 78th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedicto Bihar, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Batıkan Muhsin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 83 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Aykut Canel came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 89th minute Aykut Canel 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. 91 minutes into the match, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Aykut Canel sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 92 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Seçkin Öksüzoğlu who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Seçkin Öksüzoğlu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Batıkan Muhsin came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC had won after a very even match.