Panga 1 - 2 Arranca-toco (391548654)

Clouds darkened the skies at PASTO STADIUM as 28277 spectators turned up for the match. Martijn de Witte was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Duane Manku and Włodzimierz Filipiak. Panga had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Dobrescu - Medina, Gaias, Palmulli - Laranjeira, Düsterhöft, Książczyk, Kotaś, Lüssen - Trifft, Colombi.

Arranca-toco tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Öktü - Karlhult, Toimela, Luttu - Petőfi, Wahab, Santorun, Valenzuela Acuña, Artaş - Hernani, Alexeenko.

Panga mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Arranca-toco seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. 3 minutes into the game, G. Hernani almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Arranca-toco, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. Down the middle came S. Artaş, making a fantastic play that nearly had Arranca-toco take the lead after 7 minutes, but F. Dobrescu preserved the tie. Arranca-toco had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 8 minutes in when J. Karlhult came up alone against F. Dobrescu who managed a block. Panga's N. Colombi was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 11 minutes. 13 minutes in, Panga's W. Trifft received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Arranca-toco's D. Valenzuela Acuña managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 22 minutes. 0 - 1. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Arranca-toco, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

After 51 minutes, Arranca-toco sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached G. Hernani, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 0 - 2. Panga were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After 63 minutes Arranca-toco's G. Hernani contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. After the ball was lifted in from the left, P. Alexeenko was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 64 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Panga supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to J. Kotaś who reduced the visitors' lead after 75 minutes to 1 - 2. Arranca-toco claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

The most dominating Panga player was without a doubt W. Trifft. On the other hand, F. Dobrescu's play was disheartening. Arranca-toco's best player was G. Hernani. S. Artaş turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 2.