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Chesapeake Arena
Spectators: 7147 (Terracing: 5361, Seating: 1644, VIP seats: 142) Urbano Betadur started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After having played for 4 minutes, Urbano Betadur managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ranquile FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Urbano Betadur was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thunder's Dario Salvidor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Urbano Betadur in the 6th minute of play. The supporters of Thunder booed when Ranquile FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Everardo Gorbea didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dario Salvidor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernan Pirro, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Mauricio Bastia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hernan Pirro in the 22nd minute of play forced Thunder's goalkeeper Dario Salvidor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ranquile FC's Urbano Betadur got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Thunder's Ismael Berdoi got a free kick in the 26th minute. Florencio Sal took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 26th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dario Salvidor. Thunder's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Hernan Pirro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Urbano Betadur received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Dario Salvidor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 39th match minute, Ranquile FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urbano Betadur to maneuver through the defense. Ranquile FC's Hernan Pirro got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 43 minutes into the match, Urbano Betadur notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Thunder's Dario Salvidor. Dario Salvidor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 48 minutes, Mauricio Bastia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Thunder's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mauricio Bastia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After the first half Ranquile FC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mauricio Bastia to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ranquile FC's goalkeeper Vicente Bernard, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thunder's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edelmiro Elazar in the 56th minute. A very nice done corner allowed Emiliano Darien to score against Vicente Bernard in Ranquile FC's goal. 1-1 after 57 minutes. After some careless play in the Ranquile FC defense, Mauricio Bastia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vicente Bernard. The Ranquile FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vicente Bernard should have stopped the shot. Dario Salvidor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Urbano Betadur in the 68th minute of the match. Dario Salvidor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Urbano Betadur in the 69th minute of the match. Urbano Betadur succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-2 in the 69th playminute. Urbano Betadur did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-3 to the left of a surprised Dario Salvidor 74 minutes into the match. Dario Salvidor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Urbano Betadur in the 78th minute of the match. Everardo Dabi scored 3-3 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vicente Bernard, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hernan Pirro got free with Dario Salvidor in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dario Salvidor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Urbano Betadur, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Urbano Betadur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dario Salvidor having to interfere. Urbano Betadur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dario Salvidor having to interfere. Matias Fonso hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Despite being the better team, Ranquile FC failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.