Friendly League

Bombonera Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rubén-Darío Feldmann kicked off to start the match. Nicolás Valentini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Václav Filipi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nicolás Valentini in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Václav Filipi saved ATLETICO MENDOZA from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Nicolás Valentini's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Václav Filipi was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Rubén-Darío Feldmann put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Václav Filipi. Nicolás Valentini's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Václav Filipi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. After 31 minutes ATLETICO MENDOZA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sebastián Battaglia who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rubén-Darío Feldmann in the 35th minute of play forced ATLETICO MENDOZA's goalkeeper Václav Filipi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. La Candela FC's Ruben Sánchez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Gentza in the 38th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, ATLETICO MENDOZA's goalkeeper Václav Filipi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nicolás Valentini. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolás Valentini in the 47th minute of play forced ATLETICO MENDOZA's goalkeeper Václav Filipi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jose Chale was the one to do the kick off. After 52 played minutes ATLETICO MENDOZA got a freekick which was hit by Prudencio Bidun. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind La Candela FC's goalkeeper Ruben Sánchez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 59th minute Ivan Gentza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Sánchez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of ATLETICO MENDOZA booed when La Candela FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicolás Valentini didn't get a good kick on the ball. ATLETICO MENDOZA made a substitution. Justo Muno replaced Jose Chale. La Candela FC's Claudio Marangoni was substituted for Orlando Medina. Václav Filipi came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by La Candela FC's Nicolás Valentini. But to his dismay, Nicolás Valentini quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. La Candela FC's Gabi Batistuta was substituted for Nicolás Valentini. 71 minutes into the game, Rubén-Darío Feldmann cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Václav Filipi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 74th minute of the match, Justo Muno got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ruben Sánchez was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Václav Filipi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rubén-Darío Feldmann, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Václav Filipi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gabi Batistuta went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Arnaldo Musko lost his temper 87 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 87 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ATLETICO MENDOZA! ATLETICO MENDOZA:s Václav Filipi showed great skill when he stopped Rubén-Darío Feldmann:s penalty. After some careless play in the ATLETICO MENDOZA defense, Rubén-Darío Feldmann kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Václav Filipi. The ATLETICO MENDOZA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Václav Filipi should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. La Candela FC had won after a very even match.