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Match Report
CenturyLink Field
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. Luisito Suárezs short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Julio Vera to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a rather tough play, Legion of Boom's Alexis Mac Allister got a free kick in the 16th minute. When Mazinho Koehler fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Legion of Boom's protests and gave Mazinho Koehler a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Legion of Boom getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Mazinho Koehler hit a great ball. Abdi Ufki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Legion of Boom's Abdi Ufki did a great save. Abdi Ufki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Legion of Boom's Abdi Ufki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agustín Saelices in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 33rd minute of play forced Legion of Boom's goalkeeper Abdi Ufki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute, Daniel Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Abdi Ufki. Legion of Boom's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Abdi Ufki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 44th minute of play. Legion of Boom's Abdi Ufki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
The wind increased when Luisito Suárez made the kick off in the second half. Abdi Ufki made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Luis Andino sent off a good shot on target. In the 53rd minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Legion of Boom's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Luis Andino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Abdi Ufki quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdi Ufki having to interfere. 61 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abdi Ufki made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Legion of Boom's Abdi Ufki proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Legion of Boom from getting a goal against them. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Legion of Boom'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. It was a well-played corner which Agustín Saelices managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After 67 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abdi Ufki was left in no man's land by his defense there! Abdi Ufki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 70th minute of the match. 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 72nd minute. At last the ball reached Agustín Saelices at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Legion of Boom. 0-4. Abdi Ufki made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 76th minute. 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 78th minute. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Abdi Ufki quite easily take care of the ball. In the 80th minute, Luisito Suárez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Abdi Ufki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Primitivo Andino hit a great ball. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Legion of Boom.
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