Official Cup

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Roberto Puch started the match with the kick off. After 6 played minutes, Lanús's Jake Hursey shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Tomáš Houdek 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 Lanús reached it. In the 11thth minute of the game Bernardo Novaes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lanús's Manuel Neuer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tomáš Houdek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roberto Puch, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Lex Academy's Tomáš Houdek got control of the ball when Roberto Puch tried to sneak it across the goal line. Manuel Neuer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo Novaes, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Benjamin Venceslas hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Manuel Neuer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bernardo Novaes went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Lanús's Roberto Puch got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Roberto Puch had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tomáš Houdek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Puch in the 42nd minute of play. Lex Academy's Tomáš Houdek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Puch in the 45th minute of play. Esteve Herrera kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Lanús made a substitution. Eloy Gaskon replaced Roberto Puch. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bernardo Novaes to strike the kick off in the second half. Tomáš Houdek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eloy Gaskon in the 54th minute of play. Eloy Gaskon took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tomáš Houdek. Tomáš Houdek dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After 59 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Lex Academy! In the 60th minute there was a penalty for Lanús. Jake Hursey stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Tomáš Houdek. 2-1. A collision led to Lex Academy getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Mojmír Houška hit a great ball. When Lex Academy's Bernardo Novaes in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lanús's goalie prevented a goal. Paco Arzola kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Lex Academy made a substitution. Leo Štengl replaced Fausto Castulo. When Eloy Gaskon came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Lanús 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 Eloy Gaskon couldn't finish the play. In the 84th minute Eloy Gaskon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomáš Houdek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rodrigo Lauro made in the 88th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eloy Gaskon. After 98 minutes of play, Lex Academy's Bernardo Novaes made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Manuel Neuer was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Lex Academy players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Lanús from taking control. The game ends in a draw.