World League

Academy Arena
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Adil Babarović took the kick off in the first half of the match. Miguel Carneiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sanid Škoro, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 4th minute Paja Uzeirović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Carneiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miguel Carneiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adil Babarović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stars Academy's Miguel Carneiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sanid Škoro in the 14th minute of play. Sanid Škoro scored 0-3 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Miguel Carneiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 22nd minute Paja Uzeirović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Carneiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sanid Škoro scored 0-5 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Miguel Carneiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 32nd minute, Adil Babarović left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Buffalo Bills fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. 36 minutes into the game, Buffalo Bills's Adil Babarović nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Miguel Carneiro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. The audience was convinced that Sanid Škoro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Miguel Carneiro was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Buffalo Bills's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bojan Saraba in the 40th minute. A nice corner shot did that Bojan Saraba got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Miguel Carneiro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Paja Uzeirović scored 0-8 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Miguel Carneiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Adil Babarović came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Buffalo Bills fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Adil Babarović couldn't finish the play. Miguel Carneiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sanid Škoro in the 47th minute of play. The Stars Academy players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Buffalo Bills were winning 0-8.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Veríssimo Peralta was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Paja Uzeirović made a precise shot to the right of Miguel Carneiro. Stars Academy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-9. After 54 played minutes Stars Academy got a freekick which was hit by Celso Estrada. Miguel Carneiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adil Babarović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paja Uzeirovićs short, quick shot in the 56thth minute got Miguel Carneiro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Paja Uzeirović received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Miguel Carneiro came out and tried to block the shot, but Paja Uzeirović slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 57th minute. In the 63rd match minute, Stars Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celso Estrada to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Buffalo Bills's Adil Babarović slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Miguel Carneiro. That made the score 0-11 after 65 minutes of play. Miguel Carneiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adil Babarović in the 68th minute of play. Miguel Carneiro was a little too slow when Adil Babarović got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 0-12. When the match had gone on for 78 minutes, Adil Babarović took a quick shot and it went in 0-13 without a chance for Miguel Carneiro to make any attempt to save it. In the 81st minute, Neven Helvida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 84 minutes into the match, Patrik Grašić notched a goal, 0-14, to the right of Stars Academy's Miguel Carneiro. Miguel Carneiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 87th minute, Patrik Grašić ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Miguel Carneiro was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-15. Celso Estrada charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Celso Estrada the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Stars Academy getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Celso Estrada hit a great ball. 95 minutes into the game, Buffalo Bills's Paja Uzeirović nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Miguel Carneiro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-16.