Rancagua 5 - 1 fuerte_arteaga (391249498)

31722 spectators arrived at Estadio La Bombonera de Rancagua, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Arno Niemand was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roman Hofer and José Luís Caxias. Rancagua started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Martin - Scarzanella, Vittadini, Marcu - Lantz, Feldmann, Chisari, Vaškevičius - Hukka, Alaruusi, Haquenne.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for fuerte_arteaga. They fielded: Buyssens - Fenger, Dumitru, Orejuela - Guajardo, Loyato, Nael, Pretot - Olmos, Offringa, Beaulieu.

Rancagua saw most attack opportunities on the wings. It was an obvious ambition of fuerte_arteaga to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. It was obvious that Rancagua had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. After 7 minutes, P. Scarzanella came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Rancagua the lead. P. Chisari increased the lead for Rancagua to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! With 26 minutes played, Rancagua's F. Feldmann almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Rancagua's M. Vaškevičius swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. D. Olmos showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for fuerte_arteaga after 33 minutes to make the score 2 - 1. Rancagua put themselves up 3 - 1 when V. Hukka broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. As R. Marcu had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Rancagua player a red card without batting an eyelid. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. Rancagua had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

Rancagua managed to extend their lead to 4 - 1 when P. Chisari cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Rancagua had a magnificent opportunity after 78 minutes as J. Lantz hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. After 79 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and J. Lantz gave the Rancagua supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 1. Confident in their lead, Rancagua's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. With 83 minutes played, V. Hukka of Rancagua fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Possession in this half belonged to Rancagua, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

Rancagua's best player was P. Alaruusi. N. Martin was a disappointment, however. fuerte_arteaga's top performer was clearly O. Offringa. K. Buyssens turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 1.