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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hubert Finken made the kick off which started today's match. If Felix Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 8thth minute of the game Adrian Meinhardt who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Antonio Arias got a free kick in the 11th minute. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 12 played minutes Arbing FSV - yougame.at got a freekick which was hit by Heinz-Dieter Schwabenland. After a defensive mix-up in Arbing FSV - yougame.at's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Peter Achteresch came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho 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 as Hubert Finken kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Julio Vera. That made the score 1-0 in the 17 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Meinhardt in the 19th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29th minute, Felix Montenegro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Hubert Finken's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. Arbing FSV - yougame.at were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hubert Finken took the corner. Arbing FSV - yougame.at's Heinz-Dieter Schwabenland was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julio Vera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 38th minute, Stefan Windscheif got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 40th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peter Achteresch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Julio Vera didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 41st minute, which inside left pole to 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Meinhardt in the 54th minute of play. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Peter Achteresch made a huge save. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Heinz-Dieter Schwabenland in the 60th minute of the match. Agustín Saelices sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind Arbing FSV - yougame.at's goalkeeper Peter Achteresch, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 77 minutes into the match, Agustín Saelices had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Peter Achteresch. Arbing FSV - yougame.at's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Agustín Saelices was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. In the 80th minute, Marco Säuml 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 3-3. Arbing FSV - yougame.at made a substitution. Jens Plasczyk replaced Heinz-Dieter Schwabenland. Ecuador's Felix Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jens Plasczyk scored 4-3 in the 94th 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. Many of Ecuador's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Ecuador may have spent more time on the ball, but Arbing FSV - yougame.at were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.