Friendly League

Jorge Luis Hirschi
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Elpidio Francis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Pablo Lohitzun made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Elpidio Francis sent off a good shot on target. 6 minutes into the match, Asesinos Por Naturaleza's goalkeeper Pablo Lohitzun had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Elpidio Francis. 8 minutes into the match, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goal looked a bit too open when Rui Furtado came free, but Branislav Velchevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Miguel Prosperi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pablo Lohitzun quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elpidio Francis got free with Pablo Lohitzun in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Asesinos Por Naturaleza booed when ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miguel Prosperi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pablo Lohitzun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elpidio Francis in the 20th minute. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind Asesinos Por Naturaleza's goalkeeper Pablo Lohitzun, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 25th minute, Elpidio Francis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pablo Lohitzun. The goal made the score 2-0. The supporters of ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA booed when Asesinos Por Naturaleza was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leon Maldonado didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elpidio Francis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pablo Lohitzun came out and tried to block the shot, but Elpidio Francis slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 39th minute. Pablo Lohitzun made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Elpidio Francis sent off a good shot on target. Pablo Lohitzun was out of position in the 46 minute of play, and Elpidio Francis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Elpidio Francis really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jeff Damen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Elpidio Francis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pablo Lohitzun. Asesinos Por Naturaleza's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Elpidio Francis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Francis in the 57th minute of play forced Asesinos Por Naturaleza's goalkeeper Pablo Lohitzun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Asesinos Por Naturaleza's Pablo Lohitzun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Francis in the 71st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Francis in the 73rd minute of play forced Asesinos Por Naturaleza's goalkeeper Pablo Lohitzun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pablo Lohitzun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Francis in the 81st minute of play. Asesinos Por Naturaleza's Beto Márcico was substituted for Jeff Damen. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Venancio Havier in the 83rd minute. 87 minutes into the game, Nico Tagliafico threw the ball into play from the sideline. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Esteban Iztal quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Rui Furtado kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Francis in the 89th minute of play forced Asesinos Por Naturaleza's goalkeeper Pablo Lohitzun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pablo Lohitzun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elpidio Francis in the 90th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA had won after a very even match.