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Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Cahit Eker started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, Academia Club's goal looked a bit too open when Juan Fernando Pratto came free, but Hernan Ellande reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Santa Fe's Shao Jing Yuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio-César Dely Valdés in the 7th minute of play. The supporters of Santa Fe booed when Academia Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yuan Jian didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuan Jian in the 14th minute of play forced Santa Fe's goalkeeper Shao Jing Yuan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hernan Ellande showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steve Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. If Julio-César Dely Valdés had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, Santa Fe's Shao Jing Yuan got control of the ball when Cahit Eker tried to sneak it across the goal line. 23 minutes into the match, Academia Club's goal looked a bit too open when Gilberto Raymond came free, but Hernan Ellande reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hernan Ellande showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilberto Raymond, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Hernan Ellande showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steve Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Hernan Ellande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Fernando Pratto in the 26th minute of play. In the 29th minute, Roque Roso made a precise shot to the right of Hernan Ellande. Academia Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Yuan Jian kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Eraldo Lalli scored 0-2 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hernan Ellande, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romulo Lalla in the 36th minute of play forced Academia Club's goalkeeper Hernan Ellande to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Academia Club's Hernan Ellande played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eraldo Lalli in the 37th minute of play. Shao Jing Yuan made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Fabricio Lizer sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Shao Jing Yuan managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when Academia Club's Fabricio Lizer fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Yuan Jian might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Shao Jing Yuan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yuan Jian ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roque Roso in the 45th minute of play forced Academia Club's goalkeeper Hernan Ellande to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Romulo Lalla was the one to do the kick off. Juan Fernando Pratto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Hernan Ellande made a huge save. If Cahit Eker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 1-2 became the score in the 58th minute when Cahit Eker elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Santa Fe made a substitution. Guillermo Bemabe replaced Eliott Pépin. 62 minutes into the match, Julio-César Dely Valdés notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Santa Fe's Shao Jing Yuan. Shao Jing Yuan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Hernan Ellande showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Fernando Pratto in the 65th minute of the match. In the 66th minute Julio-César Dely Valdés shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Shao Jing Yuan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 66 minutes into the match, Julio-César Dely Valdés had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Shao Jing Yuan. Santa Fe's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julio-César Dely Valdés was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. After a rather tough play, Academia Club's Julio-César Dely Valdés got a free kick in the 69th minute. In the 69th minute, Luo Wei Bang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Santa Fe's Shao Jing Yuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cahit Eker in the 71st minute of play. In the 73rd minute, Cahit Eker ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Shao Jing Yuan was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. Academia Club's Hernan Ellande played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilberto Raymond in the 77th minute of play. Shao Jing Yuan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuan Jian in the 84th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Steve Rogers in the 85th minute of play forced Academia Club's goalkeeper Hernan Ellande to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio-César Dely Valdés sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Shao Jing Yuan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julio-César Dely Valdés in the 91st minute of play. After 92 minutes of play, Santa Fe's Juan Fernando Pratto made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hernan Ellande was left in no man's land by his defense there!