Friendly League

Bombonera Stadium
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Martin Palermo made the kick off which started today's match. Martin Palermo hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. 6 minutes into the match, Cristian Ieltxu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ruben Sánchez. Magic is Back's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Ieltxu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Valentin Barco hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. After 15 played minutes, TORQUE F.C.'s Pastor Bernad shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ruben Sánchez came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in TORQUE F.C. reached it. After some careless play in the Magic is Back defense, Cristian Ieltxu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ruben Sánchez. The Magic is Back fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ruben Sánchez should have stopped the shot. If Cristian Ieltxu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 26 minutes into the match, Cristian Ieltxu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ruben Sánchez. Magic is Back's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Ieltxu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After a defensive mix-up in Magic is Back's zone, Cristian Ieltxu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ruben Sánchez came out of the goal and Cristian Ieltxu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Inocencio Lastur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Cristian Ieltxu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 41st minute, Cristian Ieltxu 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. A collision led to Magic is Back getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Marcelo Trobbiani hit a great ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristian Ieltxu made a kick off. In the 54th minute, Cristian Ieltxu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ruben Sánchez. The goal made the score 0-4. Magic is Back's Ruben Sánchez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Magic is Back from getting a goal against them. Martin Palermo took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Elpidio Bilintx. Elpidio Bilintx dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. Magic is Back made a substitution. Ovidio Laurentzi replaced Marcelo Trobbiani. TORQUE F.C.'s Cristian Ieltxu got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the TORQUE F.C. defense, Rubén-Darío Feldmann kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elpidio Bilintx. The TORQUE F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elpidio Bilintx should have stopped the shot. Luis Medero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristian Ieltxu might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ruben Sánchez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cristian Ieltxu ran back to his position shaking his head. Cristian Ieltxu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Ruben Sánchez made a huge save. The throw-in from Valentin Barco in the 84th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by TORQUE F.C.'s Pastor Bernad. 87 minutes into the match, TORQUE F.C.'s Cristian Ieltxu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ruben Sánchez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 88th minute TORQUE F.C. were awarded a corner. Pastor Bernad went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Osvaldo Potente in the 90th minute of play forced TORQUE F.C.'s goalkeeper Elpidio Bilintx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elpidio Bilintx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ovidio Laurentzi in the 94th minute of the match.