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. José Serrizuela started the match with the kick off. Cristian Mergildo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Damian Honesto's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. Damian Honesto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 17th minute, Efrain Jacob 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, 0-1. When the match clock showed 21 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Damian Honesto sped through C.A. LANUS's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cristian Mergildo. In the 27th minute Damian Honesto 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. After 28 minutes C.A. LANUS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Albino Peruanton who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Erubiel Txaran managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Efrain Jacob in the 32nd 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. After 36 minutes, Efrain Jacob made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. C.A. LANUS's Cristian Mergildo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Cristian Mergildo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Honesto in the 43rd minute of the match. A collision led to C.A. LANUS getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Zahran Hermansyah hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

If Efrain Jacob had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristian Mergildo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damian Honesto, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After 66 minutes C.A. LANUS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Albino Peruanton who took care of the corner kick. Los Muchachos del 86's Asiz Soon was substituted for Fabio Bencivenni. A hard shot 76 in the game by Jérémie Boix from a close distance when the talented Cristian Mergildo managed to make a qualified save. C.A. LANUS's players were relieved. Asiz Soon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Cristian Mergildo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 85th minute Adamantios Geronimidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atahan Balon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albino Peruanton in the 87th minute of play forced C.A. LANUS's goalkeeper Cristian Mergildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luka Ljubenković received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cristian Mergildo came out and tried to block the shot, but Luka Ljubenković slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 93rd minute. When the final whistle sounded Los Muchachos del 86 left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than C.A. LANUS.