League

Juan Sebastian Veron
Spectators: 6653 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 0) Estudiantes de La Plata's German Henrico 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. Adrian Tirso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adrian Tirso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Virgilio Cordarius tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Adrian Tirso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Menga38's Virgilio Cordarius proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Menga38 from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Estudiantes de La Plata's zone, Alejandro Feo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Federico Demesio came out of the goal and Alejandro Feo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Federico Demesio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alejandro Feo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th minute the ball was on its way in behind Estudiantes de La Plata's goalkeeper Federico Demesio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. German Henrico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Virgilio Cordarius tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fernan Palben'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. Fernan Palben helped the player get up and apologised. In the 31st minute, Adrian Tirso ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Virgilio Cordarius was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. German Henrico sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 42nd minute, Matias Txanton sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Menga38's Virgilio Cordarius didn't even have to move. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ariel Gartzea was the one to do the kick off. Ariel Gartzea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Federico Demesio having to interfere. With his leg Federico Demesio managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when Menga38's Alejandro Feo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 60th minute Adrian Tirso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgilio Cordarius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 64thth minute of the game Ariel Gartzea who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Estudiantes de La Plata's Federico Demesio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Alejandro Feo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Federico Demesio made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by German Henrico in the 72nd minute of play forced Menga38's goalkeeper Virgilio Cordarius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the game, Alejandro Feo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Federico Demesio. Alejandro Feo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. Federico Demesio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ariel Gartzea, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. The audience was convinced that Ariel Gartzea's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Federico Demesio was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Adrian Tirso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.