Friendly League

Estadio Manzanares
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Elpidio Francis kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Elpidio Francis got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 7th minute of the match Alex Palleschi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Branislav Velchevski skillfully saved the ball. In the 8th minute, Dimitris Maropoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Branislav Velchevski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After 11 played minutes ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA got a freekick which was hit by Rafael Dalmu. 17 minutes into the match, Pan Queso y Leberbush FC's Dimitris Maropoulos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Branislav Velchevski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Branislav Velchevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimitris Maropoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. After some careless play in the ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA defense, Cornelio Cesaro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Branislav Velchevski. The ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Branislav Velchevski should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Cornelio Cesaro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pan Queso y Leberbush FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Cornelio Cesaro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Branislav Velchevski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rafael Fix didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elpidio Francis went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA from getting a goal against them. Ioseba Llorente made in the 36th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Dimitris Maropoulos. Rafael Fix showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elpidio Francis, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. After a defensive mix-up in ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's zone, Jonathan Cordarrol stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Branislav Velchevski came out of the goal and Jonathan Cordarrol tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 41st minute of the game Ioseba Llorente made a throw-in which Dimitris Maropoulos played forward. In the 44th minute, Esteban Iztal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski got control of the ball when Cornelio Cesaro tried to sneak it across the goal line. A hard shot 46 in the game by Cornelio Cesaro from a close distance when the talented Branislav Velchevski managed to make a qualified save. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's players were relieved. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dimitris Maropoulos to make the kick off. Elpidio Francis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rafael Fix came out and tried to block the shot, but Elpidio Francis slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 55th minute. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA made a substitution. André Monclús replaced Elpidio Francis. In the 59th minute, Leonardo Estavan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Branislav Velchevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cornelio Cesaro in the 74th minute of play. Branislav Velchevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitris Maropoulos in the 76th minute of the match. Rafael Fix showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Monclús, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Pan Queso y Leberbush FC's goalkeeper Rafael Fix, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. André Monclús scored 3-3 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rafael Fix, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 91st match minute, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Everardo Cordarell to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's André Monclús ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Rafael Fix. Rafael Fix yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-4. The Pan Queso y Leberbush FC manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA to win.