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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Spase Kastrati made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejandro Espina in the 3rd minute of play. Ecuador's Ricardo Ceberiche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vidoe Gegovski in the 5th minute of play. Ramadan Hristov made in the 6th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Ecuador's Alejandro Espina. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alejandro Espina in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Spase Kastrati prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Xzavier Palomarez got a free kick in the 9th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Vidoe Gegovski came free, but Ricardo Ceberiche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Macedonia's Spase Kastrati proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Macedonia from getting a goal against them. Spase Kastrati made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Alejandro Espina sent off a good shot on target. Ricardo Ceberiche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramadan Hristov, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Ricardo Ceberiche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramadan Hristov in the 19th minute of play. Spase Kastrati was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Cordero Aberasturi. Spase Kastrati made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Angel Mena sent off a good shot on target. Ricardo Ceberiche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deljan Nastevski in the 29th minute of the match. 33 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Alejandro Espina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Spase Kastrati narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gorjan Avramovski made in the 36th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Baškim Sumulikovski however managed to control. Ricardo Ceberiche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deljan Nastevski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ricardo Ceberiche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deljan Nastevski, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. The audience was convinced that Deljan Nastevski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Ceberiche was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alejandro Espina got free with Spase Kastrati in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alejandro Espina to strike the kick off in the second half. Spase Kastrati stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alejandro Espina's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. Deljan Nastevski's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ricardo Ceberiche firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Spase Kastrati took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alejandro Espina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xzavier Palomarez in the 66th minute of play forced Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador made a substitution. Flavio Cifuentes replaced Alejandro Espina. Macedonia's Lefter Trpev was substituted for Baškim Sumulikovski. Ecuador's Flavio Cifuentes got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Macedonia made a substitution. Jakov Bundev replaced Deljan Nastevski. Ricardo Ceberiche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diljan Dzaferi in the 85th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, Diljan Dzaferi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Ceberiche. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Diljan Dzaferi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 95 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Umbruso Salvadios. The Macedonia supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Macedonia would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.