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Atanasio Girardot
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Filiberto Precioso's late challenge caught a Arsenal FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Filiberto Precioso helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Arsenal FC booed when Atlético Nacional was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filiberto Precioso didn't get a good kick on the ball. Atlético Nacional's Fermin Santos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Per-Oskar Strömberg in the 7th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evelio Refugio in the 9th minute of play forced Arsenal FC's goalkeeper Henning Uggla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Atlético Nacional booed when Arsenal FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Per-Oskar Strömberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Paulo Salbatore charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Paulo Salbatore the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Per-Oskar Strömberg in the 30th minute of play forced Atlético Nacional's goalkeeper Fermin Santos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th match minute, Atlético Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeremias Manex to maneuver through the defense. After 38 played minutes Arsenal FC got a freekick which was hit by Ola Bergström. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Filiberto Precioso managed to get in a good position for a shot. Atlético Nacional's supporters rose to their feet, but Filiberto Precioso was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Henning Uggla breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Henning Uggla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeremias Manex, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. After a rather tough play, Atlético Nacional's Federico Frechoso got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute, Claes Linquist left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arsenal FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Evelio Refugio to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claes Linquist in the 54th minute of play forced Atlético Nacional's goalkeeper Fermin Santos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Atlético Nacional getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Nicolas Aritza hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute, Federico Frechoso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Henning Uggla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evelio Refugio in the 69th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Jeremias Manex ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Henning Uggla was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filiberto Precioso in the 73rd minute of play forced Arsenal FC's goalkeeper Henning Uggla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolas Aritza charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nicolas Aritza the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 79 played minutes Atlético Nacional got a freekick which was hit by Nicolas Aritza. Henning Uggla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evelio Refugio, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. A collision led to Arsenal FC getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Per-Oskar Strömberg hit a great ball. In the 90th minute of the match Filiberto Precioso sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Henning Uggla skillfully saved the ball. In the 93rd minute, Evelio Refugio 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. After 96 minutes of play, Atlético Nacional's Nicolas Aritza made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Henning Uggla was left in no man's land by his defense there!