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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. 周振鹏 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Raí Sabóia in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. 21 minutes into the match, ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but 周振鹏 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 21 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 周振鹏 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. A collision led to ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹 getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. 沈翀森 hit a great ball. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹's goalkeeper 周振鹏, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When 雷飞朋 fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹's protests and gave 雷飞朋 a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹 getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. 雷飞朋 hit a great ball. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. 周振鹏 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 31 minutes, Daniel Podwojski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹 and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 32 played minutes ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹 got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Podwojski. 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 35th minute. After 40 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Gisbert. Raí Sabóia struck a weak shot in the 41st minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when 孟政朋 sent off a good shot on target. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when 孟政朋 tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 46 minutes, Raí Sabóia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹's supporters crossed their fingers, but Raí Sabóia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Raí Sabóia to make the kick off. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, 孟政朋 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julio Vera should have stopped the shot. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raí Sabóia in the 62nd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 66th minute of the game. One of Ecuador:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹:s goal. With a little luck, ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹's 周振鹏 got control of the ball when Felix Montenegro tried to sneak it across the goal line. ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹's 周振鹏 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹 from getting a goal against them. When 雷飞朋 came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹 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 雷飞朋 couldn't finish the play. 沈翀森 hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with 周振鹏 in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. 周振鹏 came out and tried to block the shot, but Daniel Zorita slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 78th minute. In the 82nd match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonio Arias to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Todor Krusharov in the 83rd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 87 played minutes ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹 got a freekick which was hit by 沈翀森. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Daniel Zorita took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for 周振鹏 to make any attempt to save it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with 周振鹏 in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 陶银亮's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 陶银亮 helped the player get up and apologised. After 96 played minutes ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹 got a freekick which was hit by 陶银亮. The ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓英龙望苍穹 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.