00:02 The final night of group play on match day number one in the Conmebol Libertadores.
00:08 Getting to the end line here, cutting it back, Romario Vaca, and it's cleared away from the six-yard box.
00:18 Throw-in comes all the way into the box for Palastino, and the first real save of the game for Carlos Lempe,
00:27 and off the foots of Jonathan Benitez.
00:30 Meanwhile, Palastino would love an early goal here because of their trouble scoring in the last few weeks.
00:41 Just to let some of the air out and the tension, but Bolivar with a shot blocked,
00:47 it's going to quickly find Algaranez that these two teams will play in the group stage.
00:53 And that's a bad giveaway off the goal kick. Big chance for Bolivar here.
00:57 Vaca plays it back for the one-timer. That's hit wide.
01:02 Now after an early push and a flurry of decent opportunities,
01:10 Palastino has kind of settled into a defensive posture here as we come up on the midpoint of this first half.
01:16 Headed down, and that is going to be a penalty.
01:22 Bolivar will have a chance to take the lead on the road from the spot.
01:26 Now when you see it there, he does pull his left arm, taken down.
01:37 And the Bolivians go out front here in Chile.
01:47 Francisco da Costa, a well-struck penalty, well-placed. The keeper judged right.
02:03 And boy, I tell you what, Cesar Regamonte came close there.
02:09 If that ball is not hit with the pace and the precision that it is, that's a save.
02:17 It was right up against the post, into the side netting, and this will be kept in by Carrasco.
02:25 After the corner kick, he swings it in.
02:28 From the top of the 18, it's bounced forward and then cleared out by Algaranez again.
02:37 No foul, says our referee. Here is Carrasco once more.
02:41 This time he's going to go for goal, and it's headed just wide.
02:45 Interesting redirection there.
02:47 Vaca hammers it, deflected, and in!
02:55 Da Costa has the brace!
02:59 First from the penalty spot, his second from the set piece.
03:05 And Bolivar leads 2-0 on the road in Chile.
03:09 Well, he got wide open just outside the six-yard box.
03:21 And all he had to do was redirect it ever so slightly, using the pace from the free kick itself.
03:30 [crowd cheering]
03:32 Curled in! And headed just over the bar.
03:39 Now Vaca, hit from behind as he lets that pass go.
03:44 Now chases down this ball. Good control on the touch.
03:48 And the shot blocked off the foot of Da Costa as he was trying to go from just outside the 18.
03:57 Coming up on the final half minute of stoppage time.
04:01 And it will be a free kick for Bolivar.
04:03 And a yellow card as well, and that's a red because it's on Roman!
04:07 Wow!
04:08 Now reaching in there, I don't know.
04:21 [crowd cheering]
04:23 Bolivar in control as the second 45 minutes gets underway.
04:29 Bolivar in control as the second 45 minutes gets underway.
04:36 Two first half goals from the 28-year-old Brazilian, Francisco Da Costa, known as Chico.
04:46 A player who has been home side Palestino is the fact that the Chileans are down to 10 men the rest of the way.
04:53 That's because Ivan Roman, the 17-year-old, was issued his second yellow in first half stoppage time.
04:58 And now Bolivar making the most of an opportunity early, but the best save of the game from Rigamonte here,
05:05 coming in the first minute of the second half.
05:07 Algaranes.
05:09 That was the save. You're not going to find anything better than that.
05:14 Algaranes.
05:16 This is their first game of the year in the Libertadores after Palestino is playing their third following two rounds of qualifying.
05:23 That's a good cutback from Benitez.
05:27 Trying to get it in front, and the save is made by Lampe, who was not fooled at the near post.
05:32 Trying to...
05:42 After playing short, Sacedo goes out for Savio, and he misses well wide.
05:47 They have won the Copa Chile three times.
05:50 Sitting third domestically right now after a fourth place finish a year ago.
05:56 But here come the Bolivians, and what a save! The second great one of this second half by Rigamonte.
06:04 And that's likely to continue, given the fact that Palestino is down to 10 men.
06:10 And it could be a three goal deficit here.
06:14 Second penalty of the game coming up as Vaca was knocked down from behind.
06:19 And another yellow card.
06:25 That's a good touch from DaCosta playing in Vaca.
06:33 And no doubt it's a penalty. Zuniga just hits him from behind.
06:36 It's just an irresponsible play. I mean, there's no debating this.
06:40 Shoves him with the left arm.
06:44 And it's saved! Savio on the rebound, and he scores in off the post!
06:54 Right at the keeper, thought he would get him diving, but Rigamonte stood his ground.
07:06 Watch this again. How often will you see something like this?
07:09 Tried to go right down the middle. Rigamonte didn't even move.
07:12 And then his second shot hits Rigamonte again.
07:16 As it glances off the keeper, then off the inside of the post.
07:20 I mean, you will not see a penalty taker catch more breaks with one sequence on one penalty shot than Savio got right there.
07:31 A little back heel flick, and a shot from the top of the 18 ricochets out for a corner kick.
07:40 DaCosta couldn't get there, but Bolivar will maintain possession.
07:44 So difficult and so frustrating for a team like Palostino.
07:50 As DaCosta will bring this down and Chico's shot will go wide.
07:57 Knowing that it's probably all in vain anyway.
08:01 Oh, that's a good ball in to Savio, and a terrific save by Rigamonte.
08:05 This is DaCosta, Chico sitting on a hat trick, squeezing between two defenders, and just missing at the back post.
08:14 Oh, it was close.
08:16 And now Benjamin Rojas swings it in, and it's volleyed out for a goal kick.
08:26 For Bolivar, they will be at home against Mianarios, and oh, another header just over the bar, looking to make it 4-0.
08:36 And the team from Brazil no doubt will be hungry to take all three points there after getting just one in their tie with Mianarios two nights ago.
08:45 As they look to keep pace with this team from Bolivia.
08:50 Justinho, Chico, back to Vaca.
08:57 Now the long range shot, and Rigamonte has it.
09:01 Many stops for him, he's played in Portugal, Greece, Australia, Malaysia, Brazil, and his native Argentina.
09:08 And the shot from distance from Chamorro was blocked.
09:15 Now Felipe Chamorro has led a few.
09:20 And Chamorro hits the wall.
09:29 Lobbed back in, now back post, Chamorro again.
09:38 Deflected out for a corner.
09:41 Henry Vaca, and they're just playing keep away.
09:45 Good pattern of passing here around the top of the 18-yard box, and the shot right to Rigamonte.
09:51 It could be a 5-on-2 if they can hurry up here.
09:54 Rodriguez slides it across, Henry Vaca trying to get it to his left foot.
09:59 Rodriguez plays it on, Savio across, and it is 4-0 Bolivar.
10:08 Savio on the assist, and what an unselfish play to find Romero Vaca.
10:13 With this sequence, in transition.
10:17 Good patience initially, and then Rodriguez, the cool back heel.
10:23 And then Savio with the outside of his foot.
10:26 Boy, what a deft touch, so clever.
10:29 He could have been looking for the brace here, but instead he sees his teammate and curls it just ever so precisely
10:37 behind the defender, in front of the keeper.
10:39 Perfect pace, great angle.
10:42 Two in the first half, two here in the second.
10:45 Playing with ten men the entire second half.
10:48 Here is Henry Vaca trying to cut it back, he's got Savio right there.
10:52 Overlapping run by Savio, clips it across, cleared away.
10:57 As Rojas, able to get it to the top of the box, but...
11:06 Trying to at least prevent the shutout.
11:08 Chipped in, header deflected, and volleyed out.
11:12 A substantial opening night statement in the Conmebol Libertadores for Bolivar from La Paz.
