Ground Report

<p>Lan&uacute;s was the center of the football universe during Wednesday night&acute;s match in the Buenos AIres suburb showing Estudiantes that they were the real deal to obtain their second international tournament.&nbsp; They came in to this match being undefeated against Argentine sides in international play at home.</p>
<p>Estudiantes wanted to take their first step towards winning their first international title in 37 years.</p>
<p>Lan&uacute;s are another squad when they play in their own neighborhood.&nbsp; But as coach Ram&oacute;n Cordero said, they need to be more focused on the 90 minutes as the team still has some lapses.&nbsp; This was part of the reason why they lost to Independiente this past weekend.</p>
<p>If this was the case, then Estudiantes should be fortunate that they have those lapses, because it could have been worse.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Estudiantes<em> </em>were the most ambitious team from the first whistle during the first half of the match.&nbsp;&nbsp; They looked to win the match as&nbsp; soon as possible, but Lan&uacute;s&acute; compact style</p>
<p>In a span of five minutes, Jos&eacute; Sand showed his value.&nbsp; After being a threat all throughout that time, Sand received a ball inside the box and was then fouled clearly to set up the penalry in the 17th minute.</p>
<p>Pelletieri did the honors but Andujar stopped the penalty, only to see Pelletieri pounce on the ball and open the scoreboard.</p>
<p>Five minutes later, Sand would receive another ball and this time he would put the shot off the near post and past a helpless Andujar.</p>
<p>To make matter worse, Juan Sebasti&aacute;n Ver&oacute;n had to leave the game due to an injury.</p>
<p>The second half, was intense but there was little precision on both sides.&nbsp; This was good for Estudiantes in some aspect as Lan&uacute;s is one of the worst visiting sides in Argentina. helping them look forward to the return match on September 5th.&nbsp; </p>
<p>Lan&uacute;s (2): Carlos Bossio, Rodolfo Graieb, Walter Ribonetto, Jadson Viera, Maximiliano, Velazquez,&nbsp; Diego Valeri, Agust&iacute;n Pelletieri, Eduardo Ledesma, Marcos Aguirre, Lautaro Acosta</p>
<p>Estudiantes (0): Mariano And&uacute;jar, Marcos Angeleri, Agust&iacute;n Alayes, Jos&eacute; Basanta, Pablo Alvarez,&nbsp; Juan Manuel Salgueiro, Rodrigo Bra&ntilde;a, Juan Sebast&iacute;an Ver&oacute;n, Leandro Ben&iacute;tez, Ezequiel Maggiolo, Pablo Piatti</p>
<p>Goals:&nbsp; LAN- Pelletieri 18&acute;, Sand 23&acute;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yellows:&nbsp; LAN- Ribonetto, Vel&aacute;zquez, Graieb; EST- Maggiolo</p>
<p>Referee: H&eacute;ctor Baldassi</p>
<p>Venue:&nbsp; Estadio Ciudad de Lan&uacute;s</p>