Friendly League

joe invernizzi
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Adamantios Geronimidis made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Sporting de Gijón getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Niceto Dominix hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejandro Rufo in the 6th minute of play forced C.A. LANUS's goalkeeper Cristian Mergildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Fernendo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adamantios Geronimidis went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Cristian Mergildo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saturnino Curcio, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Cristian Mergildo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matias Bilintx in the 21st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saturnino Curcio in the 25th minute of play forced C.A. LANUS's goalkeeper Cristian Mergildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saturnino Curcio in the 26th minute of play forced C.A. LANUS's goalkeeper Cristian Mergildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the C.A. LANUS defense, Saturnino Curcio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristian Mergildo. The C.A. LANUS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristian Mergildo should have stopped the shot. Dante Fernendo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adamantios Geronimidis in the 37th minute of play. Dante Fernendo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adamantios Geronimidis in the 37th minute of play. Cristian Mergildo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matias Bilintx in the 38th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejandro Rufo in the 41st minute of play forced C.A. LANUS's goalkeeper Cristian Mergildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Adamantios Geronimidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 45 minutes into the game, Everardo Gaizko was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. C.A. LANUS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sporting de Gijón the free kick. After a rather tough play, C.A. LANUS's Everardo Gaizko got a free kick in the 45th minute. C.A. LANUS's Cristian Mergildo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matias Bilintx in the 48th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Matias Bilintx to strike the kick off in the second half. When Matias Bilintx came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Sporting de Gijón 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 Matias Bilintx couldn't finish the play. In the 68th minute Matias Bilintx shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristian Mergildo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Matias Bilintx made a precise shot to the right of Cristian Mergildo. C.A. LANUS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. Dante Fernendo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Adamantios Geronimidis's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. In the 86th minute Elvis Crespo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Fernendo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91st minute, Jorge Videla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Sporting de Gijón walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.