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David Arellano
Spectators: 7984 (Terracing: 5989, Seating: 1836, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Horacio Jesus Wilkenson took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 2 played minutes esabumaschu got a freekick which was hit by Liberto Godoy. Juan Miguel Poisson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Victoriano Asencio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Maximiliano Massa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Vasco Quijada managed to avoid a goal in the 17thth minute, when COLO COLO's Nestor Peacock fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Nestor Peacock came free with the goalkeeper in the 21st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Vasco Quijada could save by the left post. In the 26th minute of the match, Horacio Jesus Wilkenson tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Vasco Quijada saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. COLO COLO's Victoriano Asencio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Miguel Poisson in the 27th minute of play. Roque Cabanillas hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Horacio Jesus Wilkenson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Vasco Quijada tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute Horacio Jesus Wilkenson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vasco Quijada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nestor Peacock got free with Vasco Quijada in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rogerio Jeldrez to make the kick off. When COLO COLO's Horacio Jesus Wilkenson in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye esabumaschu's goalie prevented a goal. In the 53rd minute, Alberto Cordero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Rogerio Jeldrez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Victoriano Asencio was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, esabumaschu's Edelmiro Noriega got a free kick in the 56th minute. After some careless play in the esabumaschu defense, Nestor Peacock kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vasco Quijada. The esabumaschu fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vasco Quijada should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Nestor Peacock's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vasco Quijada was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Juan Miguel Poisson managed to get in a good position for a shot. esabumaschu's supporters rose to their feet, but Juan Miguel Poisson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Victoriano Asencio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 72 minutes into the match, COLO COLO's goal looked a bit too open when Rogerio Jeldrez came free, but Victoriano Asencio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 75th minute, COLO COLO's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Juan Miguel Poisson fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Victoriano Asencio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Miguel Poisson in the 85th minute of the match. Rogerio Jeldrez was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 86th minute. esabumaschu's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After a rather tough play, esabumaschu's Alberto Cordero got a free kick in the 90th minute. Victoriano Asencio made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Juan Miguel Poisson sent off a good shot on target.