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Estadio MONUMENTAL
Spectators: 7437 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mariano Verdejo started the match with the kick off. The COLO-COLO fans' excitement grew in the 8th match minute when COLO-COLO's Anselmo Iturralde looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 12th minute, Narciso Rivadeneira reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Abner Aranda. The goal made the score 2-0. With an all-out effort, COLO-COLO's Abner Aranda threw himself towards the right post 15 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Narciso Rivadeneira, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. COLO-COLO's Narciso Rivadeneira got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Narciso Rivadeneira came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the COLO-COLO fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Narciso Rivadeneira couldn't finish the play. Hermenegildo Danitz kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Tobías Raab sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, Narciso Rivadeneira took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Abner Aranda to make any attempt to save it. 35 minutes into the game, COLO-COLO's Anselmo Iturralde nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abner Aranda made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Eufemio Izammit hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anselmo Iturralde stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mariano Verdejo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Rigoberto Barcelo made a huge save. COLO-COLO's Rigoberto Barcelo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Mac Donald in the 54th minute of play. Abner Aranda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anselmo Iturralde in the 62nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Anselmo Iturralde's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abner Aranda was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Tobías Raab kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rigoberto Barcelo. That made the score 4-1 in the 66 minute of play. La Orden Negra's Tobías Raab got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Evelio Evar charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Evelio Evar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to COLO-COLO getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Evelio Evar hit a great ball. La Orden Negra's Esequiel Brown pulled a muscle in his back after 80 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ludovico Aguiar during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 80 played minutes COLO-COLO got a freekick which was hit by Ludovico Aguiar. Anselmo Iturralde scored 5-1 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abner Aranda, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 89th minute Anselmo Iturralde shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abner Aranda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 90th minute Ludovico Aguiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abner Aranda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La Orden Negra's Abner Aranda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anselmo Iturralde in the 92nd minute of play. Abner Aranda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ludovico Aguiar in the 94th minute of play.