Friendly League

Estadio Galaxy
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Elpidio Francis kicked off to start the match. Branislav Velchevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juarês Pontes, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Galácticos del Pueblo's Roch Roman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Francis in the 11th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Merih Bengi in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Branislav Velchevski saved ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA from getting behind. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Miguel Prosperi got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 17 minutes into the match, Galácticos del Pueblo's Merih Bengi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Branislav Velchevski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Enzo Guerau's late challenge caught a ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Enzo Guerau helped the player get up and apologised. In the 21st minute, Enzo Guerau hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roch Roman stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Roland Kolacki's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. When Galácticos del Pueblo's Mohamed Bale in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goalie prevented a goal. In the 27th minute Venancio Havier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roch Roman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jorden De Cerpel in the 28th minute of play. Roch Roman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Prosperi in the 33rd minute of the match. Galácticos del Pueblo's Roch Roman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Francis in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorden De Cerpel in the 35th minute of play forced ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goalkeeper Branislav Velchevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Branislav Velchevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merih Bengi, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. With an all-out effort, Galácticos del Pueblo's Branislav Velchevski threw himself towards the right post 48 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Merih Bengi, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Merih Bengi to strike the kick off in the second half. Branislav Velchevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mohamed Bale, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA booed when Galácticos del Pueblo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orlando Seguinus didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elpidio Francis might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Roch Roman. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Elpidio Francis ran back to his position shaking his head. Roch Roman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Francis in the 54th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Merih Bengi in the 56th minute of play forced ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goalkeeper Branislav Velchevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Merih Bengi in the 56th minute of play. Branislav Velchevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emiliano Toribio, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Orlando Seguinus hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Elpidio Francis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Roch Roman. That made the score 1-1 after 60 minutes of play. In the 63rd minute Merih Bengi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Branislav Velchevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lluciano Zafrilla was slow to take the kick. During this time Galácticos del Pueblo's players had a chance to rest. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Merih Bengi in the 74th minute of play. Murillo Cano scored 2-1 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Branislav Velchevski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Galácticos del Pueblo's Marcial Claris was substituted for Emiliano Toribio. Branislav Velchevski came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Galácticos del Pueblo's Murillo Cano. But to his dismay, Murillo Cano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. 86 minutes into the match, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goal looked a bit too open when Murillo Cano came free, but Branislav Velchevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Branislav Velchevski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Maximiliano Perrando went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. In the 91st minute, Murillo Cano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Galácticos del Pueblo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. After some careless play in the ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA defense, Murillo Cano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Branislav Velchevski. The ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Branislav Velchevski should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Galácticos del Pueblo had won after a very even match.