Friendly League

joe invernizzi
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Julian Silviano started the match with the kick off. Placido Matro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Silviano in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute Sten Vallman 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. Cristian Mergildo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Genadi Kotrulev, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Placido Matro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adamantios Geronimidis in the 17th minute. Placido Matro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Silviano, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. After a rather tough play, C.A. LANUS's Levente Végh got a free kick in the 20th minute. 23 minutes into the match, ATILA's goalkeeper Placido Matro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adamantios Geronimidis. Placido Matro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Silviano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ATILA's Placido Matro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save ATILA from getting a goal against them. 31 minutes into the match, Adamantios Geronimidis notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of ATILA's Placido Matro. Placido Matro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 34 minutes into the match, ATILA's goalkeeper Placido Matro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adamantios Geronimidis. A collision led to C.A. LANUS getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Levente Végh hit a great ball. Jorge Videla hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. After 39 played minutes, ATILA's Genadi Kotrulev shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Cristian Mergildo 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 ATILA reached it. In the 42nd minute Bernard Zecman 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. Placido Matro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Levente Végh in the 43rd minute of the match. A collision led to C.A. LANUS getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Pang Xing Lang hit a great ball. In the 46th minute, Saul Guillelme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

In the 53rd minute Edgard Cucao 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 55th minute Levente Végh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Placido Matro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the game, Bernard Zecman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ATILA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave C.A. LANUS the free kick. Bernard Zecman hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Silviano in the 61st minute of play forced ATILA's goalkeeper Placido Matro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Placido Matro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Silviano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vaani Gómez in the 67th minute of play forced ATILA's goalkeeper Placido Matro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute, Zheng Chen Kang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. During the 71st minute of the match Bernard Zecman completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Bernard Zecman a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Bernard Zecman hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Placido Matro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Levente Végh in the 74th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sten Vallman in the 82nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cristian Mergildo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Placido Matro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vaani Gómez went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Cristian Mergildo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Genadi Kotrulev in the 95th minute of the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The C.A. LANUS fans cheered their team off the field, for while ATILA had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.