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Pepo Aravena
Spectators: 10878 (Terracing: 8159, Seating: 2502, VIP seats: 217) The audience thought a goal was coming when Peio Raggio got free with José Luis Chilavert in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Magallanes were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after CRUZ DEL SUR's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Seran Turres took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of CRUZ DEL SUR's goalie and right to Rito Encina. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. CRUZ DEL SUR's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 22ndth minute of the game Pan Lin Zhen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Magallanes's Ksawery Witkowski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 24th minute, Christiano Soffia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Magallanes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Ksawery Witkowski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pan Lin Zhen went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Pan Lin Zhen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ksawery Witkowski having to interfere. Ksawery Witkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pan Lin Zhen in the 34th minute of the match. In the 37th minute Pan Lin Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ksawery Witkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, CRUZ DEL SUR's goal looked a bit too open when Anacleto Dessauer came free, but José Luis Chilavert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute, Ida Bagus Leal reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of José Luis Chilavert. The goal made the score 2-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Eustacio Antonucci made a kick off. In the 57th minute, Wiliam Peren made a precise shot to the right of Ksawery Witkowski. Magallanes's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eustacio Antonucci got free with Ksawery Witkowski in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronnie Odell in the 65th minute of play forced Magallanes's goalkeeper Ksawery Witkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Magallanes's Ksawery Witkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pan Lin Zhen in the 73rd minute of play. José Luis Chilavert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Mondaca, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. 77 minutes into the match, CRUZ DEL SUR's goal looked a bit too open when Juan Mondaca came free, but José Luis Chilavert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 80 minutes of play, Magallanes's Juan Mondaca made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. José Luis Chilavert was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 83rd minute Pan Lin Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ksawery Witkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ksawery Witkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pan Lin Zhen, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. José Luis Chilavert didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Juan Mondaca went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. Ksawery Witkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pan Lin Zhen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. CRUZ DEL SUR's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.