For a while it looked as if tradition might tell as Uruguay frustrated an Atuahalpa stadium which had been packed three hours before
The visitors took the lead with a penalty which was won during a rare attack, but one that was worthy of the great Uruguayan teams of the past.
Montero's long ball out of defence was flicked by Recoba into the path of Olivares, who was bundled over by Ecuador centre-back Espinoza.
Olivera himself scored from the penalty, and as is his custom celebrated by showing his Bob Marley T-shirt.
Was there to be no redemption for Ecuador?
Uruguay were calm and determined in defence while Ecuador were over-anxious in
attack, wasting opportunities with snatched shots when team-mates were
The crowd, though, were anxious but never desperate.
They had sung the side to victory against Brazil, helped them come from behind against Paraguay and not turned against on them when theye were outclassed by Argentina.