Mexico 2-3 Ecuador summary: score, goals, highlights, exhibition match
Ecuador was more effective than the Mexico national team
The game has ended at the Bank of America stadium. The Ecuador national team defeated Mexico 3-2 in a thriller of a match. Thanks for watching the minute by minute with AS.com.
Three minutes added of stoppage tiime.
Erik Lira attempts a shot from distance but the ball goes wide.
GOAL! GOLAZO! GOL! Walter Chalá, who entered the game a few minutes ago, taps the ball from close range to find the back of the net after a great cross from Djorkaeff Reasco.
Lalo Aguirre with a half-court shot that barely goes over the goal!
Third substitution for Ecuador. Angulo comes out and he is replaced by Walter Chalá.
Corner kick taken by Jesús Angulo and Lalo Aguirre finds the ball inside the box, but his header barely went wide.
Subs for Mexico. Santi Giménez and Uriel Antuna come out and Alejandro Zendejas and Eduardo Aguirre entered the game.
Subs for Ecuador. Djorkaeff Reasco and José Carabalí come in the game and Janner Corozo and Julio Ortíz come out.
Santi Giménez makes a powerful low shot with his left foot, but the ball goes straight to the goalkeeper's hands.
WOOW! WHAT A GOL! WHAT A GOLAZO! Osvaldo Rodríguez with a powerful shot with his left foot from a long distance finds the top corner to equalize the game.
UNBELIEVABLE! Santi Giménez was by himself and he blasted the ball to the side net from a few yards out from the goal.
Second yellow card of the night goes to Kevin Alvarez after a hard tackle against Jhonny Corozo.
Michael Estrada is booked.
Great chance for Mexico early in the second half. Uriel Antuna makes a cross from the right flank and Santi Giménez was able to header the ball, but the goalkeeper was able to control it.
We are back and the second half has started. Both teams made some changes for the last 45 minutes.
Roberto Alvarado makes a great individual play to elude defenders and he takes a powerful shot with his right foot, but the goalkeeper was able to block it.
One more minute added of stoppage time.
Lira takes a shot from outside the box, but the ball hit Alvarado's head and it goes wide.
Great cross from Uriel Antuna finding Jesús Angulo inside the box but a foul on the attack is called.
Jesús Angulo puts the ball inside the box after the free kick, but the defense from Ecuador was able to clear the danger away.
Roberto Alvarado makes a great low cross to Santi Giménez near the box, but his shot goes wide.
Uriel Antuna goes down after an accidental kick from a defender and the medical staff is working on him. It seems like he will be able to continue playing.
Mexico is having a hard time trying to penetrate through the defense from Ecuador.
Mexico is having trouble coming out from the back because of the high pressure from the strikers from Ecuador.
WHAT A GOL! GOAL! GOLAZO! From Ecuador. Estrada gives a magnificent through ball to Corozo, who was able to find the back of the net from a tight angle as he was fallinig down.
GOAL GOL! GOLAZO! What a great individual play from Santii Giménez inside the box. The 20-year-old crossed the ball to Roberto Alvarado and he just tapped it in to equalize the game.
Mexico is trying to control the possession of the ball and start building up an offensive play.
GOL! GOAL! GOLAZO! Early goal for Jhonny Quiñónez. The midfielder finds the ball inside the box and from a close range he was able to find the back of the net.
And away we go! The game has started!
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