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. Umur Aksoy made in the 3rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Aesem Al Azmi. In the 5th minute Nicolas Froila 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. A collision led to Celtic FC getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Umur Aksoy hit a great ball. Nicolas Froila succeeded in the game's 13th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. Branislav Velchevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Einar Niit, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sebastián Junes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Francis in the 18th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Petrică Măcriș got free with Sebastián Junes in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 23 minutes into the match, Celtic FC's goal looked a bit too open when Elpidio Francis came free, but Sebastián Junes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Francis in the 27th minute of play forced Celtic FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Junes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Branislav Velchevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacinto Abaunza in the 28th minute of play. Branislav Velchevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacinto Abaunza in the 35th minute of the match. The supporters of Celtic FC booed when ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafael Dalmu didn't get a good kick on 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 Einar Niit in the 39th minute of play. Branislav Velchevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Einar Niit, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Branislav Velchevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidoro Lugo in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Isidoro Lugo to strike the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, Celtic FC's Branislav Velchevski threw himself towards the right post 51 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jacinto Abaunza, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 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 Jacinto Abaunza in the 54th minute of play. In the 57th minute Elpidio Francis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Junes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Branislav Velchevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacinto Abaunza in the 60th minute of the match. Branislav Velchevski made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Jacinto Abaunza sent off a good shot on target. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's André Monclús was substituted for Elpidio Francis. The supporters of ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA booed when Celtic FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Umur Aksoy didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 70th minute of the game. One of Celtic FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA:s goal. Celtic FC:s Sebastián Junes showed great skill when he stopped Timoteo Basualdo:s penalty. 76 minutes into the match, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goalkeeper Branislav Velchevski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jacinto Abaunza. 81 minutes into the game, Umur Aksoy threw the ball into play from the sideline. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Arnaldo Gabon quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 82nd minute André Monclús shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Junes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rdth minute of the game André Monclús who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Celtic FC's Sebastián Junes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 88 minutes into the match, Celtic FC's goal looked a bit too open when André Monclús came free, but Sebastián Junes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by Celtic FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Timoteo Basualdo was slow to take the kick. During this time ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Petrică Măcriș got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Sebastián Junes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Umur Aksoy's late challenge caught a ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Umur Aksoy helped the player get up and apologised. After 91 played minutes Celtic FC got a freekick which was hit by Umur Aksoy. When the final whistle sounded Celtic FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA.