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Los Muchachos del 86
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Damian Honesto kicked off to start the match. After 5 minutes Los Muchachos del 86's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Adamantios Geronimidis who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Los Muchachos del 86's goalie and right to Pang Xing Lang. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Los Muchachos del 86's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When C.A. LANUS's Adamantios Geronimidis 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 Los Muchachos del 86's goalie prevented a goal. In the 15th minute, Los Muchachos del 86's Efrain Jacob ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Cristian Mergildo. Cristian Mergildo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. After 22 minutes, Efrain Jacob made it 2-0 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. After a defensive mix-up in C.A. LANUS's zone, Efrain Jacob stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cristian Mergildo came out of the goal and Efrain Jacob tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Honesto in the 29th minute of play forced C.A. LANUS's goalkeeper Cristian Mergildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Mergildo had great luck who in the 31stth minute grab hold of the ball when Damian Honesto from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by C.A. LANUS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Albino Peruanton was slow to take the kick. During this time Los Muchachos del 86's players had a chance to rest. In the 34thth minute of the game Adamantios Geronimidis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Los Muchachos del 86's Atahan Balon was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Damian Honesto in the 37thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cristian Mergildo, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. José Serrizuela received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Atahan Balon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Flavio Azevedo hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adamantios Geronimidis to make the kick off. The attack was good, but when Efrain Jacob in the 56th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. 60 minutes into the match, Los Muchachos del 86's goal looked a bit too open when Adamantios Geronimidis came free, but Atahan Balon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Salvador Gelacio was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 65th match minute, Los Muchachos del 86 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ladislao Constancio to maneuver through the defense. 66 minutes into the match, Los Muchachos del 86's goalkeeper Atahan Balon had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adamantios Geronimidis. The audience was convinced that Damian Honesto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristian Mergildo was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Flavio Azevedo hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adamantios Geronimidis in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Atahan Balon saved Los Muchachos del 86 from getting behind. In the 71st minute C.A. LANUS were awarded a corner. Adamantios Geronimidis went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Adamantios Geronimidis got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Atahan Balon quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cristian Mergildo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Honesto in the 75th minute of the match. In the 76th minute, José Serrizuela made a precise shot to the right of Atahan Balon. Los Muchachos del 86's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Los Muchachos del 86's Jérémie Boix was substituted for Efrain Jacob. Los Muchachos del 86's Luka Ljubenković was substituted for Damian Honesto. Adamantios Geronimidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Atahan Balon having to interfere. Cristian Mergildo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jérémie Boix, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After a rather tough play, Los Muchachos del 86's Marco Maurino got a free kick in the 89th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 90 minutes, Atahan Balon successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 92nd play minutes Luka Ljubenković shot 3-1, a short shot which went by Cristian Mergildo and just under the crossbar into goal. Cristian Mergildo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luka Ljubenković in the 96th minute of the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the C.A. LANUS players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Los Muchachos del 86.