Atletico_Junior 2 - 1 QFC (392707367)

40912 spectators had come to Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez this cloudy day. Jacob Blicher was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mohd Khairol Anuar bin Man and Gino Mazzucchi. Atletico_Junior decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Passarotto - Ramos, Arrott, Bíla - Groenendaal, Väyrynen, Kerékgyártó, Komnenić, Nesin - Deetman, van Wieren.

QFC had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Benavent - Manrique, Galeano, Legobien - Gases, Mimoso, Triana, Pilař, Rosales - Koffmann, Ziegltrum.

Atletico_Junior seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. QFC mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Some great play up the middle by Atletico_Junior led to a chance for J. Groenendaal to score after 7 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. QFC's E. Gases got himself booked for a foul. Atletico_Junior's G. Nesin tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. J. Groenendaal hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Atletico_Junior's M. Väyrynen an easy chance to knock it in for 1 - 0. QFC were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 29 minutes, J. Koffmann swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 1 - 1. It was 1 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by QFC, with 54 percent of the ball.

49 minutes into the game, R. Triana was a hair's breadth away from giving QFC the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by W. Passarotto saved the home team that time. 50 minutes into the game, Atletico_Junior wanted to bring some new energy to their game. J. Deetman gave D. Wiktorko a quick hug as he left the field. Atletico_Junior took the lead 67 minutes in, as M. Väyrynen broke through on the left and put the 2 - 1 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave W. Ramos from Atletico_Junior a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 72 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Due to a severely mistimed tackle, K. Ziegltrum of QFC spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. QFC had a chance to level the score as J. Manrique suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. It was obvious that team QFC had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. QFC's L. Legobien was shown a yellow card after 85 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Possession in this half belonged to QFC, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Most important Atletico_Junior player was D. Wiktorko. On the other hand, W. Ramos's play was disheartening. The most dominating QFC player was without a doubt T. Mimoso. However, A. Benavent made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.