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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Independiente's Pepe Santoro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felix Montenegro in the 5th minute of play. In the 6th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agustín Saelices to maneuver through the defense. Isidoro Beltran received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Juan Sebastián Puig during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ecuador fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 9th minute. Penalty! If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by Independiente'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. Ecuador's Luis Andino was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pepe Santoro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 18thth minute, when Independiente's Sören Bengtsson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Pepe Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Beltran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th minute Isidoro Beltran 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. Pepe Santoro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 32nd minute of play. In the 32nd minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pepe Santoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pepe Santoro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cristian Sancho's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. When the match had gone on for 36 minutes, Cristian Sancho put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Pepe Santoro. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Jorg Pieters sent off a good shot on target. Julio Vera was a little too slow when Jorg Pieters got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 40th minute. The score was now 2-2. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Isidoro Beltran stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Napoleon Dropinski was slow to take the kick. During this time Independiente's players had a chance to rest. Napoleon Dropinski made a great header on Independiente's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sören Bengtsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 66th minute. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Juan Sebastián Puig fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pepe Santoro quite easily take care of the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Independiente's goal looked a bit too open when Agustín Saelices came free, but Pepe Santoro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jorg Pieters, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Independiente's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Napoleon Dropinski in the 82nd minute. A nice corner shot did that Napoleon Dropinski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isidoro Beltran, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Pepe Santoro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorg Pieters in the 94th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorg Pieters, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ecuador's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Independiente had won, even though Ecuador had held more of the ball.