Friendly League

Jorge Luis Hirschi
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Elpidio Francis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Edmond Verdun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Francis in the 13th minute of play. Valko De Hond kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Edmond Verdun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elpidio Francis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 16 minutes Errecaborda AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Miguel Prosperi who took care of the corner kick. The audience was convinced that Emílio Terra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Branislav Velchevski was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. A collision led to ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Koulis Lalas hit a great ball. Edmond Verdun made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Miguel Prosperi sent off a good shot on target. Elpidio Francis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Edmond Verdun read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 23rd minute of play. 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 Miguel Prosperi in the 24th minute. Elpidio Francis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edmond Verdun having to make a save. After 28 minutes, Elpidio Francis made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Errecaborda AFC's Edmond Verdun tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 30 minutes into the match, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goal looked a bit too open when Pastor Ado came free, but Branislav Velchevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pastor Ado in the 33rd minute of play forced ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goalkeeper Branislav Velchevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Elpidio Francis notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Errecaborda AFC's Edmond Verdun. Edmond Verdun was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joe Tate in the 38th minute of play forced ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goalkeeper Branislav Velchevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edmond Verdun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Francis in the 47th minute of play. Branislav Velchevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emílio Terra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joe Tate was the one to do the kick off. Branislav Velchevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Prospero Jerardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edmond Verdun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elpidio Francis in the 54th minute of the match. Edmond Verdun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Francis in the 57th minute of play. Elpidio Francis might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Edmond Verdun. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Elpidio Francis ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 71 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. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's André Monclús was substituted for Miguel Prosperi. If Elpidio Francis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 81 minutes into the match, Errecaborda AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Elpidio Francis came free, but Edmond Verdun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 91 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA! The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA were victorious despite being under pressure from Errecaborda AFC for much of the match.