Friendly League

Jorge Luis Hirschi
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Elpidio Francis made the kick off and thus started the match. Branislav Velchevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cirilo Arlo, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 3rd minute Cirilo Arlo 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. Elpidio Francis might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Big Hands. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Elpidio Francis ran back to his position shaking his head. BORBOTONES FUTBOL CLUB's Big Hands proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save BORBOTONES FUTBOL CLUB from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cirilo Arlo in the 9th 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. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramon Pueblo in the 11th minute of play. A collision led to BORBOTONES FUTBOL CLUB getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Amancio Gilesindo hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Elpidio Francis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Big Hands was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's attentive Esteban Iztal managed to snatch the ball when Josu Onez made a throw-in in the 28th minute of the game. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Mustafa Ali Cansoy managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Chris Velde in the 32 minute of the game. 37 minutes into the game, BORBOTONES FUTBOL CLUB's Ramon Pueblo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Branislav Velchevski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Ramon Pueblo made the kick off in the second half. Big Hands showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Monclús in the 60th minute of the match. In the 80th minute André Monclús shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Big Hands saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 88 minutes into the game, André Monclús cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Big Hands was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 92 minutes of play, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's André Monclús made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Big Hands was left in no man's land by his defense there! ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.