Friendly League

Aaron Jerrald
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Santa Lucia de Merlo's Polo Quinteros 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. When Los Delfines's Timoteo Firmo in the 7th minute got a chance for a shot 7th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Santa Lucia de Merlo's goalie prevented a goal. With his leg Florentino Herauso managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when Los Delfines's Daniel Abeitia fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marciano Mundo in the 16th minute of play forced Santa Lucia de Merlo's goalkeeper Florentino Herauso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 17 minutes Santa Lucia de Merlo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Raimundo Goyo who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Raimundo Goyo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Florentino Herauso quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Polo Quinteros might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Matías Patrone. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Polo Quinteros ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Polo Quinteros in the 21st minute of play forced Los Delfines's goalkeeper Matías Patrone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute, Honorio Eder hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Matías Patrone showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnaldo Chano, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Matías Patrone didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Polo Quinteros went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 31st match minute, Los Delfines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benê Møltov to maneuver through the defense. 33 minutes into the match, Polo Quinteros had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Matías Patrone. Los Delfines's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Polo Quinteros was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Florentino Herauso made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Marciano Mundo sent off a good shot on target. Florentino Herauso made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Timoteo Firmo sent off a good shot on target.

Santa Lucia de Merlo's M. Agus Young was substituted for Polo Quinteros. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marciano Mundo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Daniel Abeitia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florentino Herauso having to interfere. In the 54th match minute, Santa Lucia de Merlo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Levan Poggenborg to maneuver through the defense. Santa Lucia de Merlo's Florentino Herauso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marciano Mundo in the 56th minute of play. M. Agus Young kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Santa Lucia de Merlo made a substitution. Ermegildo Salamon replaced Edmundo Nóbrega. In the 60th match minute, Santa Lucia de Merlo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by M. Agus Young to maneuver through the defense. Daniel Abeitia struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Florentino Herauso didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Los Delfines. Los Delfines made a substitution. Victor Jerrold replaced Timoteo Firmo. Los Delfines made a substitution. Lucas Urbez replaced Marciano Mundo. Santa Lucia de Merlo's Levan Poggenborg quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Benê Møltov, made in the 68th minute of the game. Matías Patrone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from M. Agus Young in the 69th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, Lucas Urbez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Florentino Herauso. Santa Lucia de Merlo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lucas Urbez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Alvaro Llorienzo made in the 81st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by M. Agus Young. Matías Patrone came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Santa Lucia de Merlo's M. Agus Young. But to his dismay, M. Agus Young quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.