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Puyehue Arena
Spectators: 7681 (Terracing: 5761, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ricardo Potts got the match started through his kick off. When Lester Precht fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nancul's protests and gave Lester Precht a yellow card for diving instead. Lester Precht hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Aimilios Karageorgopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Baudelio Puente tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aimilios Karageorgopoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Baudelio Puente made a huge save. If Laureano Cumsille had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zhuo Hao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerard Cisneros in the 11th minute of play. 15 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Cruzados's Aimilios Karageorgopoulos fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. 17 minutes into the game, José Antonio Guesalaga was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nancul's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cruzados the free kick. José Antonio Guesalaga kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Zhuo Hao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gerard Cisneros, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Baudelio Puente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Hernandez in the 26th minute of the match. Zhuo Hao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricardo Potts in the 29th minute of play. In the 34th minute, Remi Carreño got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Laureano Cumsille fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Baudelio Puente having to interfere. Aimilios Karageorgopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 44th match minute, Nancul was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Antonio Guesalaga to maneuver through the defense. Alessandro Higuera's late challenge caught a Nancul's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alessandro Higuera helped the player get up and apologised. Alessandro Higuera hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Aimilios Karageorgopoulos made the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes Nancul's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Severiano Tellerias who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Alessandro Higuera almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Nancul's Baudelio Puente did a great save. After a defensive mix-up in Nancul's zone, Leonel Hernandez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Baudelio Puente came out of the goal and Leonel Hernandez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 65th minute of the match, Ricardo Potts tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Zhuo Hao saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Gerard Cisneros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zhuo Hao having to interfere. Leonel Hernandez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Baudelio Puente having to interfere. In the 73rd minute, Leonel Hernandez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Baudelio Puente was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Aimilios Karageorgopoulos took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Baudelio Puente. Baudelio Puente dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. 83 minutes into the game, Xamín Raglianti was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cruzados's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Nancul the free kick. Baudelio Puente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aimilios Karageorgopoulos in the 89th minute of the match. When Marcelino Núñez fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cruzados's protests and gave Marcelino Núñez a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Cruzados getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Marcelino Núñez hit a great ball. Gerard Cisneros could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Zhuo Hao made a huge save. Gerard Cisneros received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zhuo Hao came out and tried to block the shot, but Gerard Cisneros slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 96th minute.