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Spectators: 543 (Terracing: 408, Seating: 125, VIP seats: 10) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Laércio de Andrade kicked off to start the match. Geronimo Rulli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Werner Colvin in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th minute, Internacional's Laércio de Andrade ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fabrizio Catapano. Fabrizio Catapano yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 15 minutes into the match, Cyprian Soroka had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Geronimo Rulli. Internacional's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cyprian Soroka was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 21 minutes into the match, Chuquisaca's goalkeeper Fabrizio Catapano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Laércio de Andrade. 23 minutes into the match, Chuquisaca's goalkeeper Fabrizio Catapano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Laércio de Andrade. A throw-in in the 26th minute of the game was made by Michael Laudrup with Rafael Abarca as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Fabrizio Catapano was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Laércio de Andrade showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 30 minute of play. Geronimo Rulli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Werner Colvin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Internacional's goalie and right to Cyprian Soroka. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Internacional's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Werner Colvin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Werner Colvin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Geronimo Rulli came out and tried to block the shot, but Werner Colvin slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 52nd minute. Fabrizio Catapano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laércio de Andrade in the 55th minute of the match. In the 66th minute Laércio de Andrade shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabrizio Catapano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Michael Laudrup hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Laércio de Andrade sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Chuquisaca's Fabrizio Catapano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laércio de Andrade in the 77th minute of play. Chuquisaca made a substitution. Xurdin Abello replaced Vicemte Abancens. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by Internacional's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Xurdin Abello was slow to take the kick. During this time Chuquisaca's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Chuquisaca's Xurdin Abello to fire away a dangerous shot which Geronimo Rulli despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 94th minute, Werner Colvin 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.