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Wrexham extended their pre-season winning run with a 2-1 victory at the Estadio Municipal Loule over Portuguese outfit Louletano.

After successive 3-1 wins over Lex Glyndwr and Cefn Druids, Dean Keates' side made it three from three with a win over Louletano, who play in the third tier of Portuguese football.

Wrexham started the brighter of the two teams and enjoyed the first sight of goal, the player listed as Trialist B on the official team sheet sending a header at the Louletano goal.

Trialist B saw another opportunity missed on 12 minutes as his poke forward was cleared, before Marcus Kelly’s follow up was well held by the goalkeeper.

Kelly put a decent volley wide of the mark after peeling away from his maker at the back post, while Mark Carrington could not benefit from good work by Trialist B, the vice-captain firing an effort over the top.

Trialist B was having an excellent game and was just off target with an effort after skipping past three defenders, while he also glanced a header off the outside of the post with Carrington hitting the crossbar with the follow up.

(Image: Jim Roberts)

But for all their dominance Wrexham were soon to find themselves behind as Louletano opened the scoring just before the interval, the home side catching the Dragons on the counterattack with their first effort of the game.

Manager Dean Keates made two changes at the interval, withdrawing Chris Holroyd and Trialist B and sending on Scott Boden and Ntumba Massanka, and the move paid off almost immediately as the Dragons fashioned an early equaliser, Massanka running on to a chipped through ball from James Hurst to calmly slot home.

Young defender Olly Marx failed to really test the home side’s keeper with a header before Massanka should have fired the Dragons ahead on 73 minutes, slicing his effort wide at the back post after linking up well with Boden.

Substitute Leo Smith was just off target with an effort after good work between Sam Wedgbury and Jack Mackreth, before the youngster stung palms of the home keeper with a powerful drive after ghosting beyond two defenders and unleashing his effort.

But Smith was not to be denied the winner, putting a powerful header home at the back post from Mackreth’s cross, all coming after Massanka was off target with an acrobatic effort as he reached another dangerous Mackreth delivery.

WREXHAM: Dunn; Hurst, Marx, M Smith, Jennings; Kelly, Rutherford, Trialist A, Carrington; Holroyd, Trialist B. SUBS: Dibble, Wedgbury, Mackreth, L Smith, Massanka, Boden.