La Raza 1 - 0 United (386834609)

The crowd of 44093 turning up at Kachike roga today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Per Klintström was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Wilhelm-Theodor Greverad and Kacper Tutka. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for La Raza. Starters: Esteves - Scalamandre, Romo, Munné - Rojas, Pascuala, Lucena, Riera, Contreras - Isberg, Clark.

United tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Hormazabal - Paz, Raguenel, Bambust - Serafini, Distefano, Palencia, Ražinskas, Higgins - Capurro, Sanden.

L. Romo of La Raza was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. L. Higgins, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. La Raza's A. Riera was shown a yellow card after 27 minutes for slicing down an opponent. They were singing the praises of J. Isberg 29 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to La Raza. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. La Raza had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

In the lead, La Raza adjusted their style of play with 46 minutes gone. The La Raza coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 46 minutes into the game. There was concern in the stands when, at the 50 minute mark, United's A. Distefano hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. The visitors almost came back with an equaliser 74 minutes into the match after a good combination down the middle, but when V. Ražinskas tried to finish the attack, he couldn't deliver the shot hard enough to seriously challenge the keeper. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit R. Lucena just fine. With 81 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, R. Lucena needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by La Raza, with 53 percent of the ball.

Most important La Raza player was R. Lucena. L. Romo on the other hand, had a terrible day. A. Palencia performed admirably for United. On the other hand, P. Serafini's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 0.