chupaLOScocos 1 - 2 pirilonjo (391419474)

9161 punters turned up at chupaLOScocos FC Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Roberto Banfi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Michele Annunziata and Cedric Renzmann. chupaLOScocos tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Agnese - Hernández, Infante, Mery, Borges - Ormeño, Carillanca, Guajardo, Lafquen - Disselkoen, Zamora.

pirilonjo decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Demartis - Matta, Cobo, García Labarce, Vial - Maza, Steward, Quirch, Burboa - Pincheira, Pantoja.

Down the middle came A. Pantoja, making a fantastic play that nearly had pirilonjo take the lead after 5 minutes, but J. Agnese preserved the tie. I. Guajardo received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 7 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. chupaLOScocos had a good opportunity to take the lead as G. Lafquen came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of V. Demartis. chupaLOScocos's counterattack was impressive and was only stopped by a shocking foul. Somehow, the referee's cards remained in his pocket - a terrible decision! R. Hernández's resulting free kick was easily saved by the keeper. chupaLOScocos's M. Ormeño was shown a yellow card after 27 minutes for slicing down an opponent. In a rapid move 29 minutes into the match, A. Maza of pirilonjo lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked A. Pantoja who easily hit it home to make it 0 - 1. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! The home crowd was not impressed when J. Pincheira came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 35 minutes. pirilonjo were now up 0 - 2. It was 0 - 2 at the break. pirilonjo enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

With 50 minutes played, N. Burboa nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. A. Pantoja came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over J. Agnese but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. The home crowd were delighted when L. Carillanca scored with a header after an attack from the right, making the score 1 - 2. But did he use his hand? That'll be one for the pundits to talk about after the game, that's for sure! Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by pirilonjo, with 53 percent of the ball.

chupaLOScocos's best player was D. Mery. On the other hand, J. Agnese's play was disheartening. pirilonjo's top performer was clearly N. Burboa. However, G. Quirch made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.