Prized/Friendly Cup

Claudio D. Borghi
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristian Botasso took the kick off in the first half of the match. Manolis Ntouvaris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domingos Aires, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 7th minute Edgard Elssen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rigoberto Nazario saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Argentinos Juniors were furious when Mats Falch was red carded, 18 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Rigoberto Nazario came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Drafi's Cristian Botasso. But to his dismay, Cristian Botasso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Argentinos Juniors's Rigoberto Nazario played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Soulis Felegakis in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Argentinos Juniors's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Malinovský was slow to take the kick. During this time Drafi's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Drafi's Onuralp Talu to a score. 0-3 in the 29th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Mero in the 33rd minute of play forced Drafi's goalkeeper Manolis Ntouvaris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Botasso in the 34th minute of play forced Argentinos Juniors's goalkeeper Rigoberto Nazario to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Argentinos Juniors's Rigoberto Nazario played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Botasso in the 35th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Daniel Malinovský had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rigoberto Nazario. Argentinos Juniors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Malinovský was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. 41 minutes into the match, Argentinos Juniors's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Malinovský came free, but Rigoberto Nazario reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Argentinos Juniors's goal looked a bit too open when Soulis Felegakis came free, but Rigoberto Nazario reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rigoberto Nazario made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Botasso in the 45th minute of play. In the 47th minute Soulis Felegakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rigoberto Nazario saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Drafi's Takis Chatzigiannis was substituted for Claudio Busillo. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Domingos Aires was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Cristian Botasso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rigoberto Nazario. Argentinos Juniors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Botasso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. The audience was convinced that Domingos Aires's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manolis Ntouvaris was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. After 61 played minutes Argentinos Juniors got a freekick which was hit by Iurie Azamfirei. After 63rd play minutes Cristian Botasso shot 0-6, a short shot which went by Rigoberto Nazario and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 71st minute, Domingos Aires hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rigoberto Nazario stood somewhat misplaced when Chatziioannou Stavrakos came free in front of goal and shot 0-7 to the left of him in the 72 minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chatziioannou Stavrakos got free with Rigoberto Nazario in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 80th minute of the match, Soulis Felegakis tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Rigoberto Nazario saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Manolis Ntouvaris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Justo Elequemedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 84 minutes into the match, Domingos Aires notched a goal, 1-7, to the right of Drafi's Manolis Ntouvaris. Manolis Ntouvaris was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 88 minutes into the game, Chatziioannou Stavrakos recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rigoberto Nazario. Chatziioannou Stavrakos showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-8. After 91 played minutes Drafi got a freekick which was hit by Edgard Elssen. When Justo Elequemedo fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Argentinos Juniors's protests and gave Justo Elequemedo a yellow card for diving instead.