League

Santiago Bueras
Spectators: 7961 (Terracing: 5972, Seating: 1831, VIP seats: 158) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Karlos Aristizaval got the match started through his kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Pedro Manuel Grez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club Deportivo Maipú's supporters rose to their feet, but Pedro Manuel Grez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Juan Pablo Magnani breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pepe Díaz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Juan Pablo Magnani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 9th match minute, Ultimo Batallon de Wotan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ofelio Mackenney to maneuver through the defense. Pedro Manuel Grez missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 11 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Juan Pablo Magnani right hand side. Pepe Díaz in the 14thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Juan Pablo Magnani, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 18th minute Pepe Díaz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Pablo Magnani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Pepe Díaz came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Club Deportivo Maipú fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Pepe Díaz couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Ultimo Batallon de Wotan's Franco Villamil got a free kick in the 21st minute. Pepe Díaz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Juan Pablo Magnani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pedro Manuel Grez in the 39thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Juan Pablo Magnani, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pepe Díaz to make the kick off. Karlos Aristizaval scored 1-1 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Juan Rosseman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pepe Díaz in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Juan Pablo Magnani prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ariano Vasconcelos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ariano Vasconcelos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juan Rosseman having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Roman Ixidor managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club Deportivo Maipú's supporters rose to their feet, but Roman Ixidor was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Juan Pablo Magnani breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 68 minutes of play, Club Deportivo Maipú's Pepe Díaz made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Juan Pablo Magnani was left in no man's land by his defense there! Karlos Aristizaval succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-2 in the 74th playminute. Club Deportivo Maipú walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.