Aurora 0 - 8 criscross (386869443)

7000 spectators had come to Oruro Camp this cloudy day. Qasim Ali was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hughes Veltmans and Silvano De Lucia. Aurora tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Humeres - Sánchez, Candia, Mieres, Achoqalla - Mieres, Zamora, Peñaranda, Durán - Ambaiba, De Meza.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for criscross. They fielded: Guzmán - Patiño, Barahona, Lyngstad, Marzana - Gebhard, Vaca, Robledo, Fronk - González, Panov.

criscross mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. After 8 minutes, criscross put themselves up 0 - 1, as F. González finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. The home crowd was not impressed when G. Marzana came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 13 minutes. criscross were now up 0 - 2. criscross increased their lead after 25 minutes when M. Gebhard broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. Confident in their lead, criscross's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for criscross, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. R. Fronk received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 29 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The criscross fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. criscross had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

51 minutes into the match criscross's L. Patiño viciously shoved another player from behind while going for a loose ball and was sent off the pitch with a red card. After the ball was lifted in from the left, R. Fronk was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 59 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. criscross's G. Panov was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 65 minutes. criscross had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. After 66 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for F. González who increased criscross's lead to 0 - 5. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, R. Candia got himself booked. The manager of Aurora was not happy. With 80 minutes played, criscross put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was S. Robledo. After 81 minutes, criscross's G. Marzana burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 7. Aurora had to make a substitution after 83 minutes. A. Mieres limped off the field and was replaced by J. Bueno. The visitors added to their lead 84 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by criscross's E. Barahona slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 8. criscross claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

G. Durán performed admirably for Aurora. E. Humeres on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important criscross player was G. Panov. On the other hand, H. Vaca's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 8.