brasileño 2 - 2 Silver (392297364)

12000 punters turned up at brasileño Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. François Anthore was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juan Eduardo Olivieri and Raffaele D'Anna. brasileño had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Quintana - Marváez, Falzarano, Cordero, Miquel - Cardona, Munar, Pasamar, Peña - Echeverría, Alarcón.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Silver. They fielded: Alcázar - Torres, Bracho, Cuervo, Pietryszyn - Trebino, Pinzón, Carmona, Arocha - Pérez, Bolaño.

The terraces were silenced after 18 minutes when Silver's A. Carmona put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. After 21 minutes brasileño's E. Pasamar contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. 28 minutes into the game, Silver were awarded a penalty and C. Torres was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 2 rolling the ball in by the right post. D. Miquel charged down the left and looked sure to score for brasileño 37 minutes into the game, but his shot went just wide. The crowd groaned when H. Echeverría, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for brasileño. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. brasileño claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

With 71 minutes played, brasileño's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to E. Pasamar he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 1 - 2. brasileño tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. After 77 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by brasileño was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. After 79 minutes, H. Echeverría made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 2 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to brasileño, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

E. Falzarano performed admirably for brasileño. D. Miquel was a disappointment, however. Silver's top performer was clearly S. Bolaño. D. Alcázar turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 2.