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Estadio Lanús
Spectators: 6989 (Terracing: 5349, Seating: 1640, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anders Björklund made the kick off which started today's match. Saul Bernaldo made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Jorge Salbatore sent off a good shot on target. In the 9th minute Constantino Frichoso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luisito Tanio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anders Björklund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tadeo Romano charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tadeo Romano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Lanús FC booed when Congreso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tadeo Romano didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 18th minute, Jorge Salbatore ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Saul Bernaldo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 22nd minute Richard Coulange shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saul Bernaldo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saul Bernaldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anders Björklund in the 23rd minute of the match. Teo Osoro kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, Anders Björklund cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Saul Bernaldo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Saul Bernaldo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leo Sundström in the 34th minute of play. Lanús FC's Luisito Tanio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jo Fernandez in the 39th minute of play. In the 43rd minute Jo Fernandez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luisito Tanio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jo Fernandez in the 47th minute of play forced Lanús FC's goalkeeper Luisito Tanio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jo Fernandez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Jo Fernandez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Constantino Frichoso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Luisito Tanio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 58th minute, Congreso's Jo Fernandez dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Saul Bernaldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Salbatore, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Constantino Frichoso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Luisito Tanio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Peter Kubeš's late challenge caught a Lanús FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Peter Kubeš helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Lanús FC booed when Congreso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Peter Kubeš didn't get a good kick on the ball. Peter Kubeš kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Anders Björklund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Saul Bernaldo having to interfere. Saul Bernaldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Coulange in the 85th minute of the match. In the 87th minute Anders Björklund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saul Bernaldo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anders Björklund in the 89th minute of play forced Congreso's goalkeeper Saul Bernaldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 91 minutes into the match, Congreso's goal looked a bit too open when Anders Björklund came free, but Saul Bernaldo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Lanús FC booed when Congreso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zenon Bator didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lanús FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Congreso for a fine match.