Friendly League

Gigante de Alberdi
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Benny Niva made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes of play, Celta de Virgos's Benny Niva made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rogério Ceni was left in no man's land by his defense there! Benny Niva might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rogério Ceni. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Benny Niva ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 11th minute Benny Niva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Ceni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aldo Franco made in the 14th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Guillermo Frank however managed to control. Afonso da Cunha recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 21st minute, Benny Niva made a precise shot to the right of Rogério Ceni. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 27th minute Benny Niva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Ceni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute Benny Niva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Ceni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Benny Niva notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Rogério Ceni. Rogério Ceni was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 31st minute Ruben Gomez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Ceni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Afonso da Cunha sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zacarias Ascencio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Zacarias Ascencio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Afonso da Cunha went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Zacarias Ascencio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afonso da Cunha in the 42nd minute of play. Zacarias Ascencio made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when Afonso da Cunha sent off a good shot on target. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Afonso da Cunha to make the kick off. In the 61st minute, Afonso da Cunha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zacarias Ascencio was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Celta de Virgos's Dario Elivareo was substituted for Ruben Gomez. Celta de Virgos's David Astudillo was substituted for Benny Niva. The supporters of Celta de Virgos booed when Belgrano LOS PIRATAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aldo Franco didn't get a good kick on the ball. David Astudillo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Rogério Ceni made a huge save. In the 71st minute the ball was on its way in behind Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's goalkeeper Rogério Ceni, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 74 minutes into the match, Celta de Virgos's goal looked a bit too open when Afonso da Cunha came free, but Zacarias Ascencio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alexis Sanchez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Afonso da Cunha might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zacarias Ascencio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Afonso da Cunha ran back to his position shaking his head. Zacarias Ascencio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afonso da Cunha in the 79th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afonso da Cunha in the 82nd minute of play forced Celta de Virgos's goalkeeper Zacarias Ascencio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 83 minutes Celta de Virgos's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eulalio Jago who took care of the corner kick. Steve Harris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zacarias Ascencio having to interfere. When David Astudillo came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Celta de Virgos fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that David Astudillo couldn't finish the play. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.