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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Luis Galarza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alejandro Espina in the 5th minute of the match. Matías Almeida made in the 7th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Ecuador's Cordero Aberasturi. In the 11th minute of the match Bolivia 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. Alexandre Rodrigues ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ricardo Ceberiche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Funes in the 13th minute of play. Ricardo Ceberiche made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexandre Rodrigues in the 18th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Salomón Enríquez in the 19th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Ecuador's Xavier Zanetti. Luis Galarza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alejandro Espina in the 20th minute of the match. After 24 minutes of play, Ecuador's Alejandro Espina made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luis Galarza was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bolivia's Salomón Enríquez quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Umbruso Salvadios, made in the 37th minute of the game. Bolivia's Juan Funes got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bolivia's attentive Salomón Enríquez managed to snatch the ball when Xavier Zanetti made a throw-in in the 41st minute of the game. Ecuador's Alejandro Espina got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Bolivia's Cipriano Abechuco was substituted for Endura Abechuco. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Juan Funes was the one to do the kick off. Ricardo Ceberiche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Funes in the 59th minute of play. After 60 played minutes Bolivia got a freekick which was hit by Ysmael Abad. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Ortiz Apellaniz hit a great ball. Ecuador made a substitution. Flavio Cifuentes replaced Alejandro Espina. Ortiz Apellaniz hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Luis Cristaldo kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Salomón Enríquez hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Bolivia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Salomón Enríquez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luis Galarza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Flavio Cifuentes in the 74th minute of the match. Ricardo Ceberiche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cipriano Abechuco in the 76th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cipriano Abechuco in the 77th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Ricardo Ceberiche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luis Galarza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Flavio Cifuentes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute, Flavio Cifuentes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luis Galarza was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The audience was convinced that Flavio Cifuentes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luis Galarza was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Bolivia's Marcelo Carballo was substituted for Matías Almeida. In the 89th minute, Carlos-Alberto Bayona hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 94 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Alejandro Chumacero came free, but Ricardo Ceberiche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ricardo Ceberiche came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by Bolivia's Cipriano Abechuco. But to his dismay, Cipriano Abechuco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2.