Friendly League

Pepsi Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Brad Ridding started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute Elpidio Francis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobiasz Niedzwiecki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when MATRIX TEAM's Tytus Drab in the 5th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Branislav Velchevski was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA through an amazing save. When Arnaldo Gabon fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's protests and gave Arnaldo Gabon a yellow card for diving instead. In the 7th minute, Arnaldo Gabon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Branislav Velchevski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lucjan Chmielecki's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 11th minute of the game. One of ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of MATRIX TEAM:s goal. When the match had been going on for 12 minutes, MATRIX TEAM's Brad Ridding got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Branislav Velchevski. After 20 minutes ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lucjan Chmielecki who took care of the corner kick. The audience was convinced that Arnaldo Gabon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tobiasz Niedzwiecki was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 27th minute Elpidio Francis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobiasz Niedzwiecki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute Elpidio Francis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobiasz Niedzwiecki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA were awarded a corner. Elpidio Francis went to the cornerflag to take it. Branislav Velchevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brad Ridding in the 36th minute of the match. After 37 minutes ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lucjan Chmielecki who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to MATRIX TEAM's Tytus Drab getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Elpidio Francis made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elpidio Francis got free with Tobiasz Niedzwiecki in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When MATRIX TEAM's Brad Ridding in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Francis in the 56th minute of play forced MATRIX TEAM's goalkeeper Tobiasz Niedzwiecki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Tytus Drab had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tytus Drab kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, Elpidio Francis made a precise shot to the right of Tobiasz Niedzwiecki. MATRIX TEAM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lech Lele in the 69th minute of play forced ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goalkeeper Branislav Velchevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MATRIX TEAM's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lucjan Chmielecki in the 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tytus Drab in the 71st minute of play forced ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goalkeeper Branislav Velchevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elpidio Francis who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 74thth minute tested the skills of Tobiasz Niedzwiecki when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 81 minutes of play, MATRIX TEAM's Tytus Drab made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Branislav Velchevski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Branislav Velchevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tytus Drab in the 83rd minute of the match. Lucjan Chmielecki kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Branislav Velchevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tytus Drab, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the 89th minute Brad Ridding shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Branislav Velchevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner led MATRIX TEAM's Lucjan Chmielecki to fire away a dangerous shot which Branislav Velchevski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Branislav Velchevski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tytus Drab went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. MATRIX TEAM fully deserved thier win.