Prized/Friendly Cup

Gigante de Villa Fox
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dhritiman Judge made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute Augusto Cordario shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benedicto Astigar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 7 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Augusto Cordario sped through CADU de Zarate's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Benedicto Astigar. Benedicto Astigar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Augusto Cordario's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. The audience was convinced that Augusto Cordario's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benedicto Astigar was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Augusto Cordario in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Benedicto Astigar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Augusto Cordario put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Benedicto Astigar. Benedicto Astigar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Augusto Cordario, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benedicto Astigar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augusto Cordario, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 33 minutes into the game, Ando Averin threw the ball into play from the sideline. CADU de Zarate's Angelo Ixona quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. With a little luck, Velez Sarsfield's Erwin Huygens got control of the ball when Dhritiman Judge tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a long run with the ball, Ronan Mistral did a trick in the 47th minute in front of CADU de Zarate's goalkeeper, who threw himself to the side. After that it was simple to shoot 0-4. An impressive performance by Velez Sarsfield's Ronan Mistral! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The wind increased when Augusto Cordario made the kick off in the second half. Augusto Cordarios short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Benedicto Astigar to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With his leg Benedicto Astigar managed to avoid a goal in the 64thth minute, when Velez Sarsfield's Augusto Cordario fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind CADU de Zarate's goalkeeper Benedicto Astigar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a little luck, CADU de Zarate's Benedicto Astigar got control of the ball when Augusto Cordario tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 69th match minute, CADU de Zarate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Angelo Ixona to maneuver through the defense. Velez Sarsfield made a substitution. Leandro Berti replaced Ignacio Berenguer. After a rather tough play, CADU de Zarate's Angelo Ixona got a free kick in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronan Mistral in the 71st minute of play forced CADU de Zarate's goalkeeper Benedicto Astigar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 73 minutes, Augusto Cordario made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. CADU de Zarate's Benedicto Astigar tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A sloppy throw-in by Fernan Polbin in the 80th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Velez Sarsfield's Ando Averin. A collision led to CADU de Zarate getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Andres Lander hit a great ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 84th minute of the game. One of CADU de Zarate:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Velez Sarsfield:s goal. The referee gave Velez Sarsfield a penalty, 86 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ronan Mistral, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of CADU de Zarate's Benedicto Astigar. 0-6. Augusto Cordario's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Benedicto Astigar firmly grabbed it by the left post. Velez Sarsfield's Augusto Cordario was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 98th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal.