Official Cup

⭐️David Arellano⭐️
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Hugo Guerra kicked off to start the match. Haroldas Strazdas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Reinaldo Christie went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Hugo Guerra's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eladio Escalona read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. Spartans FC's Miguel Tauro got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 20 minutes into the match, Spartans FC's goal looked a bit too open when Reinaldo Christie came free, but Haroldas Strazdas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Haroldas Strazdas was out of position in the 24 minute of play, and Carlitos Caszely capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Carlitos Caszely really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Eladio Escalona took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hugo Guerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eladio Escalona took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hugo Guerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute Carlitos Caszely shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haroldas Strazdas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amado Dagorret in the 34th minute of play forced Colo-Colo's goalkeeper Eladio Escalona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Haroldas Strazdas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlitos Caszely in the 35th minute of the match. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Spartans FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Honorio Droguett was slow to take the kick. During this time Colo-Colo's players had a chance to rest. Hugo Guerra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eladio Escalona having to interfere. The attack was good, but when Hugo Guerra in the 44th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Tauro in the 47th minute of play forced Colo-Colo's goalkeeper Eladio Escalona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eladio Escalona didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Miguel Tauro went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rubén Martínez was the one to do the kick off. Hugo Guerra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Eladio Escalona tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Reinaldo Christie had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Haroldas Strazdas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reinaldo Christie in the 56th minute of play. Haroldas Strazdas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rubén Martínez in the 58th minute of the match. Haroldas Strazdas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rubén Martínez's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. Haroldas Strazdas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlitos Caszely, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Spartans FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Honorio Droguett was slow to take the kick. During this time Colo-Colo's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Colo-Colo's Honorio Droguett to fire away a dangerous shot which Haroldas Strazdas despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Spartans FC's Haroldas Strazdas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinaldo Christie in the 67th minute of play. Haroldas Strazdas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reinaldo Christie, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 77th minute, Hugo Guerra ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eladio Escalona was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Colo-Colo's Mati Fernández was substituted for Honorio Droguett. Eladio Escalona showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Guerra in the 84th minute of the match. Chano Garrido kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Spartans FC made a substitution. Pedro Domingues replaced Miguel Tauro. Chano Garrido kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. In the 94th minute, Mati Fernández left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Colo-Colo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. When Mati Fernández came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Colo-Colo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mati Fernández couldn't finish the play. Colo-Colo's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.