Friendly League

La cancha del Fune
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Elpidio Francis got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Arnaldo Gabon got a free kick in the 8th minute. When Everardo Cordarell fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's protests and gave Everardo Cordarell a yellow card for diving instead. Everardo Cordarell hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Atilano Intxixu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elpidio Francis in the 16th minute of the match. Atilano Intxixu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elpidio Francis in the 18th minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Isidro Fero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ruben Balesio made in the 34th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Mustafa Ali Cansoy. Rafael Dalmu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Atilano Intxixu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Elpidio Francis put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Atilano Intxixu. Atilano Intxixu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Francis in the 41st minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Basilio Valiente to make the kick off. Atilano Intxixu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Francis in the 54th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Francis in the 57th minute of play forced Funebrero FC's goalkeeper Atilano Intxixu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 60 minutes, Elpidio Francis made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Funebrero FC's Atilano Intxixu tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Mati Pinto made in the 66th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ruben Balesio however managed to control. The crowd rose to their feet as André Monclús kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Atilano Intxixu. That made the score 0-4 in the 76 minute of play. After having played for 82 minutes, André Monclús managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's supporters crossed their fingers, but André Monclús was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, André Monclús managed to get in a good position for a shot. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's supporters rose to their feet, but André Monclús was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Atilano Intxixu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 86th minute, Funebrero FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Petrică Măcriș fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Funebrero FC's goalkeeper Atilano Intxixu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Petrică Măcriș in the 88th minute. It was a well-played corner which André Monclús managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. When Olle Snell, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 89 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Atilano Intxixu was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Atilano Intxixu came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's André Monclús. But to his dismay, André Monclús quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. When the final whistle sounded ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Funebrero FC.