La Madriguera.
Spectators: 9192 (Terracing: 6895,
Seating: 2114, VIP seats: 183) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rubén Martínez made the kick off which started today's match. Eladio Escalona made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raymundo Carilao in the 6th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Rubén Martínez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of José Augusto Oliveira. Platypus F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rubén Martínez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 12th minute, Raymundo Carilao made a precise shot to the right of Eladio Escalona. Colo-Colo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 15th minute, Rubén Martínez got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 18th minute of the match Colo-Colo got a corner. Platypus F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Patrício Yáñez ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that José Julio Almeida got away a dangerous shot. Despite this José Augusto Oliveira quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. José Augusto Oliveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rubén Martínez in the 23rd minute of the match. Colo-Colo were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after Platypus F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Patrício Yáñez took the corner. After taking down the ball on Colo-Colo's corner Patrício Yáñez fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and José Augusto Oliveira quite easily take care of the ball. Eladio Escalona showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raymundo Carilao, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. After a rather tough play, Platypus F.C.'s Amadeo Arens got a free kick in the 32nd minute. 35 minutes into the match, Colo-Colo's goal looked a bit too open when Raymundo Carilao came free, but Eladio Escalona reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 36 minutes into the match, Platypus F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Rubén Martínez came free, but José Augusto Oliveira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Rubén Martínez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of José Augusto Oliveira. Platypus F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rubén Martínez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Raymundo Carilao to make the kick off. Eladio Escalona took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raymundo Carilao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 55th minute, one of Platypus F.C.:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Platypus F.C.. José Augusto Oliveira had in the 56thth minute some difficulties stopping Patrício Yáñez's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After 61 minutes of play, Colo-Colo's Rubén Martínez made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. José Augusto Oliveira was left in no man's land by his defense there! José Augusto Oliveira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rubén Martínez in the 68th minute. Raymundo Carilao hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Colo-Colo's Reinaldo Christie was substituted for Honorio Droguett. Colo-Colo's Carlitos Caszely was substituted for Patrício Yáñez. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaldo Christie in the 77th minute of play forced Platypus F.C.'s goalkeeper José Augusto Oliveira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute Raymundo Carilao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eladio Escalona saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carlitos Caszely got free with José Augusto Oliveira in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Platypus F.C.'s José Augusto Oliveira proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Platypus F.C. from getting a goal against them. Platypus F.C.'s José Augusto Oliveira proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Platypus F.C. from getting a goal against them. After having played for 92 minutes, Reinaldo Christie managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Colo-Colo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Reinaldo Christie was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raymundo Carilao in the 93rd minute of play forced Colo-Colo's goalkeeper Eladio Escalona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Colo-Colo walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.
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