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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristiano Ronaldinho took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Dario Betzanos came free, but Rene Higuita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Uruguay's Sebastián Sosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 8th minute of play. In the 10th minute Dario Betzanos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 11th minute Dario Betzanos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 14th minute, Primitivo Grau hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dario Betzanos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rene Higuita having to make a save. After 18 minutes of play, Colombia's Cristiano Ronaldinho made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sebastián Sosa was left in no man's land by his defense there! 21 minutes into the match, Uruguay's goal looked a bit too open when Oriche Isazi came free, but Sebastián Sosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Colombia's Rene Higuita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dario Betzanos in the 22nd minute of play. In the 23rd minute Oriche Isazi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Sosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 24th minute Dario Betzanos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastián Sosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 31st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Cristiano Ronaldinho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sebastián Sosa was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Rene Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dario Betzanos in the 40th minute of the match. After 42 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Archibaldo Velaz. Colombia's Rene Sampedro was substituted for Oriche Isazi. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dario Betzanos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute Dario Betzanos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A throw-in in the 61st minute of the game was made by Petri Romeu with Dario Betzanos as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. A collision led to Uruguay getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Primitivo Grau hit a great ball. Uruguay made a substitution. Grabiel Escorcia replaced Dario Betzanos. Uruguay's Estevam Moroño was substituted for Primitivo Grau. Uruguay's Rosario Cepa was substituted for Cordario Vivero. After 69 played minutes Uruguay got a freekick which was hit by Primitivo Grau. Sebastián Sosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sansone Poso in the 70th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sansone Poso got free with Sebastián Sosa in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Uruguay booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sansone Poso didn't get a good kick on the ball. 73 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Grabiel Escorcia came free, but Rene Higuita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manel Fonelleda made in the 78th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Sansone Poso. After having played for 94 minutes, Sansone Poso managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Colombia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sansone Poso was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 97 minutes in the game Kelemen Astonzas did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Sansone Poso.