Defensores 1 - 2 Coshos (386860983)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 48000 to ACM-1PT Stadium. Manolo Ciaccia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Édipo de Orleans and Joel Elias Benzmüller. Defensores had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Frías - González, Osinaga, Huamán, Urquiza, Espíndola - Cuartas, Nimo, Talbot - Torres, Barra.

Coshos tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: De Oliveira - Mesas, Kravtsov, Cubells - Cataldi, Laisney, Özerdem, de Jesus, Antal - Todorov, Attah-Agyeman.

Defensores clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Coshos tried to focus their attacks down the middle. M. Torres could have put Defensores into the lead after 11 minutes, but the free kick went just wide. 32 minutes into the game Defensores managed a counterattack, but R. Cuartas took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. A. González caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 34 minutes. This gave Defensores the 1 - 0 lead. Coshos's G. Todorov got himself booked for a foul. H. Osinaga of Defensores had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. L. Bola came in to finish the match. H. Urquiza became the new Defensores captain. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Defensores, with 57 percent of the ball.

The coach of Defensores was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, C. Bascopé came on for H. Urquiza. The Defensores captaincy was handed to A. Nimo. The Defensores players could smell victory in the air. R. Frías wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for G. Tacaná after 46 minutes. E. Attah-Agyeman tied the game at 1 - 1 after 57 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. After the game, the most discussed event will probably be the penalty given after 78 minutes that gave the visitors the 1 - 2 lead. Despite the controversy, A. Antal struck home the penalty, as cool as anything. With 81 minutes played, Defensores's O. Talbot found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. Coshos's A. Antal was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 84 minutes. Defensores had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

The most dominating Defensores player was without a doubt O. Talbot. However, G. Tacaná made a disastrous appearance. Coshos's top performer was clearly E. Attah-Agyeman. M. de Jesus turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 2.