Friendly League

Los Muchachos del 86
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 2nd minute, Eber Melivilu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Miguel Prosperi hit a great ball. Atahan Balon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elpidio Francis went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. With an all-out effort, Los Muchachos del 86's Branislav Velchevski threw himself towards the right post 16 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Saverio Brion, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After some careless play in the Los Muchachos del 86 defense, Elpidio Francis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Atahan Balon. The Los Muchachos del 86 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Atahan Balon should have stopped the shot. 24 minutes into the match, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goal looked a bit too open when Saverio Brion came free, but Branislav Velchevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 29 minutes of play, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Elpidio Francis made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Atahan Balon was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 35 minutes of play, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Elpidio Francis made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Atahan Balon was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski got control of the ball when Ricardo-Enrique Bochini tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Rafael Dalmu hit a great ball. Los Muchachos del 86's Cristian Urtzi couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 41st minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Elpidio Francis managed to get in a good position for a shot. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's supporters rose to their feet, but Elpidio Francis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Atahan Balon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elpidio Francis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Los Muchachos del 86's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Miguel Prosperi was slow to take the kick. During this time ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's players had a chance to rest. If Elpidio Francis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Francis in the 55th minute of play forced Los Muchachos del 86's goalkeeper Atahan Balon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Branislav Velchevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saverio Brion in the 59th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Elpidio Francis in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Atahan Balon prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Timoteo Basualdo hit a great ball. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA made a substitution. Arnaldo Gabon replaced Miguel Prosperi. Timoteo Basualdo hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Asiz Soon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Branislav Velchevski was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elpidio Francis in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Atahan Balon saved Los Muchachos del 86 from getting behind. 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 Atahan Balon. That made the score 0-6 after 85 minutes of play. Los Muchachos del 86's Fabio Bencivenni was substituted for Ricardo-Enrique Bochini. Los Muchachos del 86's Damian Honesto was substituted for Saverio Brion. Atahan Balon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elpidio Francis in the 90th minute of the match. Elpidio Francis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Atahan Balon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. Los Muchachos del 86's Atahan Balon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Francis in the 93rd minute of play. 95 minutes into the game, Elpidio Francis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Atahan Balon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.