Gazprom Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's Zafer Hürsel 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. 9 minutes into the game, Luis Andino was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ecuador's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Zenit Saint Petersburg the free kick. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's Gabriel Söderström was substituted for Johannes Botvidsson. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Luis Andino got a free kick in the 10th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Emanuel Emander managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's supporters rose to their feet, but Emanuel Emander was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 13 minutes into the match, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Zafer Hürsel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 19 minutes into the match, Håkan Kjellman notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Daniel Zorita, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 23 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Zafer Hürsel was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Camilo Gisbert hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Jörgen Ekeroth could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. Håkan Kjellman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. After 28 played minutes FC Zenit Saint Petersburg got a freekick which was hit by Peter Snell. With an all-out effort, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's Julio Vera threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Emanuel Emander, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's attentive Gabriel Söderström managed to snatch the ball when Luis Andino made a throw-in in the 34th minute of the game. Zafer Hürsel 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 40th minute. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Camilo Gisbert got a free kick in the 41st minute. In the 44th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zafer Hürsel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zafer Hürsel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 46th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Håkan Kjellman to make the kick off. Zafer Hürsel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luis Andino went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Peter Snell hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Peter Snell managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's supporters rose to their feet, but Peter Snell was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Håkan Kjellman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Zafer Hürsel was a little too slow when Luis Andino got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 69th minute. The score was now 1-2. In the 72nd minute Håkan Kjellman 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. After 74 minutes, Håkan Kjellman made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Ecuador's Julio Vera tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg made a substitution. Valentin Ivarsson replaced Emanuel Emander. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Ivarsson in the 78th minute of play. The supporters of Ecuador booed when FC Zenit Saint Petersburg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jörgen Ekeroth didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's zone, Luis Andino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zafer Hürsel came out of the goal and Luis Andino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zafer Hürsel 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. If Valentin Ivarsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 89 minutes into the match, Valentin Ivarsson notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 95 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Peter Snell came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.
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