cabildo 2 - 4 pereira (313003872)

3979 punters turned up at cabildo Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Dennis Shearer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Heiko Polak and Ingo Witten. cabildo tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Dal Maso - Baldasso, Makhlav, Wildtgrube, Charazi - Humarán, Valencia, Gareca, Rinaldi - Di Franco, Cappelletti.

pereira had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Rangone - Seif, Fraga, Brossard, Todua - Ruiz, Ortiz, Zamarbide, Recano - Belgrano, Córdoba.

Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 12 minutes into the match, and P. Brossard wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. After 24 minutes of play, L. Cappelletti evened things up for cabildo with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. P. Brossard's lack of experience almost gave cabildo a goal after 33 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. With 37 minutes played R. Humarán almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. J. Dal Maso looked great 40 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' P. Recano. cabildo's A. Valencia had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 42 minutes having been played. J. Acuña was the replacement. Many thought M. Gareca ought to have been awarded a penalty 44 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around J. Rangone after a determined run through the middle. 44 minutes in, pereira's W. Seif received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. P. Rodríguez was called on to replace cabildo's A. Makhlav after 44 minutes following a nasty collision. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to pereira, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

Making his way up the middle 50 minutes into the match, A. Di Franco almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert J. Rangone blocked it to keep the score level. 51 minutes into the match, pereira's F. Córdoba popped up from nowhere, cheekily stole the ball off an opposition player and scored. 1 - 2. The visitors added to their lead 69 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by pereira's W. Seif slid just past the home keeper. 1 - 3. A well placed corner kick from W. Seif was followed by H. Zamarbide's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for pereira, the score now 1 - 4. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as M. Gareca tried lifting the ball over keeper J. Rangone. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. At 74 minutes into the game, cabildo's J. Acuña deftly knocked the ball home after an impressive run down the left, reducing the visitors' lead to 2 - 4. G. Wildtgrube did everything he could to get one back for his cabildo, but keeper J. Rangone denied him with a spectacular block. pereira had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

The most dominating cabildo player was without a doubt L. Cappelletti. M. Gareca was a disappointment, however. Most important pereira player was H. Zamarbide. On the other hand, J. Rangone's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 4.