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Arena Umarizal
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. The supporters of Ecuador booed when ✪ XV de Umarizal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Naldo Passos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Daniel Zorita took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 3rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Domingo Bulnes. ✪ XV de Umarizal's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a rather tough play, ✪ XV de Umarizal's Valdomiro Ribeiro got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 15th minute, Agustín Saelices 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: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 24th minute of play forced ✪ XV de Umarizal's goalkeeper Domingo Bulnes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute, Adriano van Beek reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Julio Vera. The goal made the score 1-1. Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Domingo Bulnes. Domingo Bulnes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano van Beek in the 34th minute of play. In the 36thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ✪ XV de Umarizal's Domingo Bulnes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 42ndth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ✪ XV de Umarizal's Domingo Bulnes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. ✪ XV de Umarizal's Domingo Bulnes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agustín Saelices in the 46th minute of play. After 47 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Primitivo Andino. The ✪ XV de Umarizal players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adriano van Beek to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in ✪ XV de Umarizal's zone, Luis Andino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Domingo Bulnes came out of the goal and Luis Andino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 55th match minute, ✪ XV de Umarizal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adriano van Beek to maneuver through the defense. Daniel Zorita in the 57thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Domingo Bulnes, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. ✪ XV de Umarizal's attentive Allan Winström managed to snatch the ball when Felix Montenegro made a throw-in in the 61st minute of the game. 62 minutes into the game, ✪ XV de Umarizal's Adriano van Beek nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julio Vera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. ✪ XV de Umarizal made a substitution. Damian Ostrowski replaced Allan Winström. ✪ XV de Umarizal's Raimundo Guerra was substituted for Naldo Passos. 67 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Adriano van Beek came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute, Cristian Sancho 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. ✪ XV de Umarizal's Lionel 梅西 was substituted for Adriano van Beek. In the 72nd minute of the match ✪ XV de Umarizal got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Anderson Passos ran over to the corner to take the kick. Anderson Passos made a great header on ✪ XV de Umarizal's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. ✪ XV de Umarizal's Domingo Bulnes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save ✪ XV de Umarizal from getting a goal against them. A collision led to ✪ XV de Umarizal getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Damian Ostrowski hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Domingo Bulnes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lionel 梅西 in the 94th minute of the match. Ecuador played a much better game than ✪ XV de Umarizal and deserved their victory. The ✪ XV de Umarizal players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.