Friendly League

Etihad Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Under Construct's Silvério Tróia started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Marcos Bilintx scored 0-1 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luiz Fábio Pombal, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Under Construct defense, Rogelio Sotil kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luiz Fábio Pombal. The Under Construct fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luiz Fábio Pombal should have stopped the shot. In the 10th minute, Silvério Tróia made a precise shot to the right of Nicolas Kepa. Estudiantes de La Plata's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Silvério Tróia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Nicolas Kepa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 16 minutes into the match, Marcos Bilintx had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luiz Fábio Pombal. Under Construct's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcos Bilintx was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Angelo Cibran received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Nicolas Kepa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcos Bilintx sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogelio Sotil in the 22nd minute of play forced Under Construct's goalkeeper Luiz Fábio Pombal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Angelo Cibran got free with Nicolas Kepa in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogelio Sotil in the 25th minute of play forced Under Construct's goalkeeper Luiz Fábio Pombal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute Rogelio Sotil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Fábio Pombal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 29th minute, Rogelio Sotil left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Estudiantes de La Plata fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Angelo Cibran got free with Nicolas Kepa in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Estudiantes de La Plata defense, Silvério Tróia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicolas Kepa. The Estudiantes de La Plata fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicolas Kepa should have stopped the shot. Luiz Fábio Pombal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcos Bilintx, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Under Construct's Luiz Fábio Pombal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Bilintx in the 43rd minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Estudiantes de La Plata made a substitution. Albino Viviano replaced Marcos Bilintx. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rogelio Sotil stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Eugenio Gartzea hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Luiz Fábio Pombal was out of position in the 56 minute of play, and Placido Estefan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Placido Estefan really showed his touch with that goal: 2-5. 61 minutes into the match, Albino Viviano dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Luiz Fábio Pombal, 2-6. Angelo Cibran might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nicolas Kepa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Angelo Cibran ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 66th minute, Albino Viviano reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Luiz Fábio Pombal. The goal made the score 2-7. Albino Viviano received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Luiz Fábio Pombal came out and tried to block the shot, but Albino Viviano slotted it home off the left post making it 2-8 in the 70th minute. After 81 played minutes Under Construct got a freekick which was hit by 史然扬. 84 minutes into the match, Placido Estefan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luiz Fábio Pombal. Under Construct's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Placido Estefan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-9. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Albino Viviano took a quick shot and it went in 2-10 without a chance for Luiz Fábio Pombal to make any attempt to save it. Luiz Fábio Pombal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Santiago Iaki in the 91st minute. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Estudiantes de La Plata walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.