Friendly League

La Cucha
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Simbo FC's Romain Berrewouts 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. In the 8th match minute, Simbo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boleslaw Sidorowicz to maneuver through the defense. Sabri Ravelli made in the 13th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by William Weber. Simbo FC's Mías Khalifa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Francis in the 16th minute of play. Branislav Velchevski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Boleslaw Sidorowicz in the 23rd minute. Elpidio Francis might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mías Khalifa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Elpidio Francis ran back to his position shaking his head. Mías Khalifa 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 27th minute. Elpidio Francis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mías Khalifa having to interfere. Branislav Velchevski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Romain Berrewouts in the 31st minute. Romain Berrewouts could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Branislav Velchevski made a huge save. Timoteo Basualdo kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. 45 minutes into the game, Timoteo Basualdo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Simbo FC the free kick. A collision led to ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Timoteo Basualdo hit a great ball. When Elpidio Francis came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Elpidio Francis couldn't finish the play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the match clock showed 53 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Elpidio Francis sped through Simbo FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mías Khalifa. In the 59th minute of the game Javier Bazterrica made a throw-in which Tincho Palermo played forward. The throw-in from Javier Bazterrica in the 62nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Mustafa Ali Cansoy. In the 65th minute, Anselmo Leocadio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A throw-in in the 70th minute of the game was made by Bonifacio Suarez with André Monclús as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. André Monclús blasted a shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mías Khalifa having to make a save. In the 76th minute André Monclús shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mías Khalifa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 78 minutes into the match, Simbo FC's goalkeeper Mías Khalifa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Petrică Măcriș. André Monclús was extremely unlucky when he, in the 81st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. 85 minutes into the match, Simbo FC's goal looked a bit too open when André Monclús came free, but Mías Khalifa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mías Khalifa was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and André Monclús capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. André Monclús really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. The ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.