Friendly League

Bombonera Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Michal Stehno took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ruben Sánchez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michal Stehno in the 8th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Máximo Kirchner ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ruben Sánchez was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Magic is Back's Ruben Sánchez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Máximo Kirchner in the 16th minute of play. Ruben Sánchez came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Unidad de Matanza's Michal Stehno. But to his dismay, Michal Stehno quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Magic is Back's Ruben Sánchez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michal Stehno in the 23rd minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, Magic is Back's goal looked a bit too open when Máximo Kirchner came free, but Ruben Sánchez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute, Walter Samuel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32nd minute, Michal Stehno left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Unidad de Matanza fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. 38 minutes into the match, Magic is Back's goal looked a bit too open when Michal Stehno came free, but Ruben Sánchez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Magic is Back booed when Unidad de Matanza was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Josef Krumbacher didn't get a good kick on the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Unidad de Matanza's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Palermo came free, but Jonatan Eguzki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ruben Sánchez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Michal Stehno went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. The Magic is Back players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Unidad de Matanza were winning 1-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Luis Medero to strike the kick off in the second half. Ruben Sánchez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Máximo Kirchner in the 50th minute. 55 minutes into the match, Magic is Back's goal looked a bit too open when Waldemar Okopny came free, but Ruben Sánchez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Unidad de Matanza's Máximo Kirchner pulled a muscle in his back after 58 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Walter Samuel fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Magic is Back's protests and gave Walter Samuel a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Unidad de Matanza booed when Magic is Back was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Walter Samuel didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 60th minute, Walter Samuel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Magic is Back's Ruben Sánchez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michal Stehno in the 66th minute of play. Ruben Sánchez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Michal Stehno went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. Unidad de Matanza made a substitution. Lateef Raal replaced Máximo Kirchner. Magic is Back made a substitution. Osvaldo Potente replaced Martin Palermo. Unidad de Matanza made a substitution. Nestor Bâru replaced Martin Grøtterud. Unidad de Matanza's Lotfi Ziadi was substituted for Michal Stehno. In the 71st minute, Sebastián Battaglia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonatan Eguzki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabi Batistuta in the 72nd minute of play. Miguel Nicolau kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. 75 minutes into the game, Unidad de Matanza's Nestor Bâru nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ruben Sánchez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. In the 78th minute Osvaldo Potente shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonatan Eguzki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 78 minutes into the match, Unidad de Matanza's goal looked a bit too open when Osvaldo Potente came free, but Jonatan Eguzki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute, one of Magic is Back: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 Magic is Back. Unidad de Matanzas' Ruben Sánchez just managed to throw himself towards the right post in the 82ndth minute after Nestor Bârus penalty, and stop a certain goal. Unidad de Matanza were awarded a corner in the 84th minute after Magic is Back's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Waldemar Okopny took the corner. The corner led Unidad de Matanza's Nestor Bâru to a score. 1-7 in the 84th minute. Jonatan Eguzki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabi Batistuta in the 90th minute of the match. Jonatan Eguzki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osvaldo Potente, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Ruben Sánchez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nestor Bâru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nestor Bâru did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-8 to the left of a surprised Ruben Sánchez 96 minutes into the match.