League

Estadio Maquinchao
Spectators: 6763 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1623, VIP seats: 140) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mariusz Kostka kicked off to start the match. After some careless play in the Maquinchao defense, Lorenzo Raphael kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Manos Asimakis. The Maquinchao fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Manos Asimakis should have stopped the shot. Manos Asimakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niceto Urdin in the 7th minute of the match. After 10 minutes, Saturnino Ishmael mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Elisa AFC and the Maquinchao players grew even worse after the yellow card. Manos Asimakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niceto Urdin in the 21st minute of play. In the 28th minute the ball was on its way in behind Elisa AFC's goalkeeper Rene Eneas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Manos Asimakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niceto Urdin in the 30th minute of the match. Armando Aztore sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 36th minute Mariusz Kostka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Eneas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Maquinchao were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after Elisa AFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lino Osorio took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Lino Osorio got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rene Eneas quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Maquinchao's Mariusz Kostka got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mariusz Kostka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Agustin Quico hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Simon Regis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 47th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Manos Asimakis. Maquinchao's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.

The wind increased when Lorenzo Raphael made the kick off in the second half. Elisa AFC's Simon Regis shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 55th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Manos Asimakis but with some difficulty. A collision led to Elisa AFC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Lorenzo Raphael hit a great ball. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Elisa AFC's goalkeeper Rene Eneas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mariusz Kostka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 66th minute, Armando Aztore got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After having played for 69 minutes, Mariusz Kostka managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Maquinchao's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mariusz Kostka was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 70th match minute, Maquinchao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armando Aztore to maneuver through the defense. After 77 played minutes Maquinchao got a freekick which was hit by Lino Osorio. Mariusz Kostka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lorenzo Raphael in the 89th minute of play forced Maquinchao's goalkeeper Manos Asimakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manos Asimakis made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Niceto Urdin sent off a good shot on target. Elisa AFC were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over Maquinchao's much stronger midfield.