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Spectators: 7619 (Terracing: 5700, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when José Serrizuela took the kick off in the first half of the match. José Serrizuela's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, Apolo Orlandus skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 11 minutes into the game, Adamantios Geronimidis lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Apolo Orlandus. In the 16th minute of the match, Adamantios Geronimidis got a very nice opportunity to score, but Apolo Orlandus was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. José Serrizuela recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Serrizuela in the 26th minute of play forced Patricio Rey's goalkeeper Apolo Orlandus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Patricio Rey's Saverio Vela in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye C.A. LANUS's goalie prevented a goal. After 29 minutes C.A. LANUS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Orlando Ortzi who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Alo Malo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cristian Mergildo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Patricio Rey's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Orlando Ortzi in the 32nd minute. Orlando Ortzi made a great header on Patricio Rey's corner, it was just that C.A. LANUS's Cristian Mergildo managed to reach the ball for a save. If Ulf Hellgren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to C.A. LANUS getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Adamantios Geronimidis hit a great ball. After 39 minutes of play, Patricio Rey's Saverio Vela made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cristian Mergildo was left in no man's land by his defense there! José Serrizuela took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Apolo Orlandus. Apolo Orlandus dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Saverio Vela to make the kick off. 51 minutes in the game Zheng Chen Kang did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Salvador Gelacio. C.A. LANUS's Levente Végh got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Santo Bastiaro hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Saverio Vela kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Cristian Mergildo. That made the score 3-2 in the 60 minute of play. 64 minutes into the match, Patricio Rey's Saverio Vela sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cristian Mergildo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A sloppy throw-in by Zahran Hermansyah in the 74th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Patricio Rey's Apolo Luzea. If Saverio Vela had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adamantios Geronimidis in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Apolo Orlandus prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Serrizuela in the 86th minute of play forced Patricio Rey's goalkeeper Apolo Orlandus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Patricio Rey's Apolo Orlandus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Serrizuela in the 87th minute of play. A collision led to C.A. LANUS getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Salvador Gelacio hit a great ball. Saverio Vela struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Cristian Mergildo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Patricio Rey.