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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Conny Vesterberg took the kick off in the first half of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulf Ros in the 3rd minute of play. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ulf Ros in the 3rd minute. Rank 1's Marcus Hagström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 4th minute of play. A collision led to Rank 1 getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Björn Skog hit a great ball. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 7th 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Rank 1's Felix Curtis got a free kick in the 9th minute. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Conny Vesterberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Conny Vesterberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. Marcus Hagström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 21st minute of play. In the 26th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Hagström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Agustín Saelices hit a great ball. Marcus Hagström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 29th minute of play. Marcus Hagström 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 33rd minute. After 35 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcus Hagström was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Rank 1 booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian Sancho didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Rank 1 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd 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. Marcus Hagström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 55th match minute, Rank 1 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabiano Antonini to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Felix Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Montenegro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcus Hagström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 57th play minute Cristian Sancho came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Marcus Hagström. 0-2. Marcus Hagström 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 60th minute. Rank 1's Marcus Hagström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 61st minute of play. Cristian Sancho was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 63rd minute. Ecuador's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Montenegro got free with Marcus Hagström in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A well-hit corner resulted in Felix Montes heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 71 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Marcus Hagström, 0-3. Michael Lundqvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Marcus Hagström made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marcus Hagström firmly grabbed it by the left post. Felix Montenegro was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 83rd minute of play forced Rank 1's goalkeeper Marcus Hagström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rank 1'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. In the 86thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rank 1's Marcus Hagström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Marcus Hagström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Daniel Zorita took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Marcus Hagström to make any attempt to save it. With a little luck, Rank 1's Marcus Hagström got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ecuador played a much better game than Rank 1 and deserved their victory. The Rank 1 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.