Official Cup

El firulete
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Rene Pierres succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 3rd playminute. 6 minutes into the match, Deportivo Messina's goal looked a bit too open when Elpidio Francis came free, but Yuriy Babushkin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 7th minute, Rene Pierres hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Deportivo Messina's Yuriy Babushkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Francis in the 8th minute of play. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA from getting a goal against them. In the 13th minute Elpidio Francis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yuriy Babushkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 16 played minutes Deportivo Messina got a freekick which was hit by Sebastian Mergildo. In the 19th match minute, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timoteo Basualdo to maneuver through the defense. Branislav Velchevski was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Salvador Iztal. Deportivo Messina's Yuriy Babushkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Francis in the 21st minute of play. In the 23rd minute Rene Pierres shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Branislav Velchevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goal looked a bit too open when Rene Pierres came free, but Branislav Velchevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA from getting a goal against them. 29 minutes into the game, Deportivo Messina's Rene Pierres nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Branislav Velchevski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. After 32 played minutes Deportivo Messina got a freekick which was hit by Teodosio Ascencio. When the match clock showed 33 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Elpidio Francis sped through Deportivo Messina's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Yuriy Babushkin. Deportivo Messina's Yuriy Babushkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Francis in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Francis in the 38th minute of play forced Deportivo Messina's goalkeeper Yuriy Babushkin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 44 played minutes Deportivo Messina got a freekick which was hit by Sebastian Mergildo. After having played for 47 minutes, Elpidio Francis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Elpidio Francis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Deportivo Messina's Luis Cordario was substituted for Rene Pierres. 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 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Teodosio Ascencio to make the kick off. Elpidio Francis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Yuriy Babushkin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Francis in the 54th minute of play. A collision led to ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Everardo Cordarell hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Francis in the 58th minute of play forced Deportivo Messina's goalkeeper Yuriy Babushkin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th minute Teodosio Ascencio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Branislav Velchevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Elpidio Francis notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Deportivo Messina's Yuriy Babushkin. Yuriy Babushkin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA made a substitution. André Monclús replaced Elpidio Francis. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 2-3 when André Monclús sped through Deportivo Messina's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Yuriy Babushkin. Branislav Velchevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Cordario in the 70th minute of the match. Yuriy Babushkin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Monclús in the 76th minute of the match. Branislav Velchevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teodosio Ascencio, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. The audience was convinced that André Monclús's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yuriy Babushkin was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. After taking down the ball on ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's corner Esteban Iztal fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Yuriy Babushkin quite easily take care of the ball. Yuriy Babushkin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from André Monclús went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. In the 86th minute, Esteban Iztal 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. André Monclús sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 91st minute of the match Esteban Iztal shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Yuriy Babushkin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Cordario in the 94th minute of play. Branislav Velchevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Cordario in the 97th minute of play. Chants of ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as Deportivo Messina had held the ball for most of the match.