Ecuador v. Macedonia: First Half

And so the half ends, 1-1. Ecuador were unlucky not to be up 2 or 3 to 1.

Edison Mendez and then Agustin Delgado nearly send Ecuador back on top. Nice saves from the Macedonia ‘keeper.

Hold that last thought: Macedonia have scored an equaliser. Bad defensive error. 1-1.

So far Ecuador are controlling most of this match, and getting the lion’s share of the free kicks and corner kicks.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool de Super Teno! Carlos Tenorio nets a nice right-footed shot past the Macedonian ‘keeper for a 1-0 lead.

We are under way in Madrid. I’ll try to update you on this match as often as possible. Villafuerte is in goal today, in place of Cristian Mora.

Today’s lineups:

Macedonia:
1 Nikolovski
5 Igor Mitreski
2 Vlade Lazarevski
4 Goce Sedloski
7 Vlatko Grozdanovski
17 Igor Jancevski
10 Artim Sakiri
8 Velice Sumulikoski
9 Goran Maznov
11 Ilco Naumoski
6 Miroslav Vass

Ecuador:
Edwin Villafuerte 1
Paul Ambrossi 13
Geovanny Espinoza 17
Ivan Hurtado 3
Neicer Reasco 18
Marlon Ayovi 15
Segundo Castillo 14
Edison Mendez 8
Luis Valencia 16
Agustin Delgado 11
Carlos Tenorio 21