Matadero 1 - 3 cobreloa (375650077)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 28703 had shown up at Cancha Regional N°2 for the match. Mürşit Özay was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paulo Granja and Rudolf Ransmayr. Matadero had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Campana - Sarratea, Valdivia, Ibaceta - Bravo, Crăciunoiu, Pesce, Chiboub, Manso de Velasco - Stillman, Hódos.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for cobreloa. Starters: Ruzan - Queiroga, Caballero, Olarte, Danke - Merenda, Roselló, Valderrama, Pereira - Legrand, Bertram.

Matadero were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. cobreloa showed off their creative tactics. Making his way up the middle 6 minutes into the match, T. Pesce almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert M. Ruzan blocked it to keep the score level. cobreloa's G. Merenda was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - P. Bertram managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 0 - 1 after 23 minutes. S. Valderrama sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from P. Bertram after 26 minutes of play, making the score 0 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of cobreloa were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. B. Chiboub did everything he could to get one back for his Matadero, but keeper M. Ruzan denied him with a spectacular block. A quick counter attack by cobreloa forced the opponent's defender to give away a freekick. P. Bertram was allowed to take it quickly by the referee, much to the dismay of the goalkeeper who wasn't prepared. 0 - 3! Matadero had a brilliant opportunity to reply as M. Sarratea received a high ball from the right, striking the ball in the air. Only M. Ruzan's reflexes saved him. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Matadero, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

Attacking on the wings was the choice for Matadero, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. The crowd groaned when B. Chiboub, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for Matadero. Matadero's B. Chiboub got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 1 - 3. 76 minutes into the match, F. Legrand came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Matadero enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

The most dominating Matadero player was without a doubt J. Stillman. A. Ibaceta was a disappointment, however. cobreloa's top performer was clearly G. Merenda. J. Roselló turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 3.