Friendly League

Carlos S. Bilardo
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Anacleto Soin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín booed when Achtung Babies was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zinoviy Adler didn't get a good kick on the ball. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Torsten Norberg was slow to take the kick. During this time Achtung Babies's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Enzo Díaz almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Bona Dios did a great save. After 20 minutes, Elpidio Grabiel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Achtung Babies and the 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín players grew even worse after the yellow card. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Gaston Fernández was substituted for Anacleto Soin. 20 minutes into the game, one of Achtung Babies:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Achtung Babies:s Eurico Velloso showed great skill when he stopped Pang Jing Peng:s penalty. Eurico Velloso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gaston Fernández in the 25th minute. Gaston Fernández recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Achtung Babies's Eurico Velloso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Achtung Babies from getting a goal against them. Bona Dios stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Héctor Mainer's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Gaston Fernández took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Eurico Velloso to make any attempt to save it. In the 41st minute Gaston Fernández shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eurico Velloso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gaston Fernández could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Eurico Velloso made a huge save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Achtung Babies's attentive Zinoviy Adler managed to snatch the ball when Robert Plant made a throw-in in the 50th minute of the game. 54 minutes into the match, Achtung Babies's goal looked a bit too open when Gaston Fernández came free, but Eurico Velloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 55 minutes Achtung Babies's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pang Jing Peng who took care of the corner kick. Zinoviy Adler tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Eurico Velloso. An unnecessary self made goal, 2-0 in the 55th minute. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Bona Dios proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín from getting a goal against them. Achtung Babies were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Torsten Norberg took the corner. After a rather tough play, 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Gaston Fernández got a free kick in the 65th minute. In the 68th minute, Zinoviy Adler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Kobi Usabiaga managed to get in a good position for a shot. Achtung Babies's supporters rose to their feet, but Kobi Usabiaga was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bona Dios breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kobi Usabiaga hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Gaston Fernández recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Achtung Babies's Eurico Velloso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaston Fernández in the 88th minute of play. Eurico Velloso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaston Fernández in the 92nd minute of the match. Kobi Usabiagas short, quick shot in the 96thth minute got Bona Dios to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Achtung Babies for a fine match.