Friendly League

Cacho Laudonio
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hüseyin Rahmi Tanpınar started the match with the kick off. Cecilio Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tarcisio Koehler in the 3rd minute of the match. After 6 minutes, Genaro Aragones made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Athletic Bostero's Cecilio Martinez tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. George Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Tipi in the 10th minute of play. After having played for 13 minutes, Genaro Aragones managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. São José City - FSCMZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Genaro Aragones was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 22 minutes into the match, Athletic Bostero's goal looked a bit too open when Genaro Aragones came free, but Cecilio Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benedito Paes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Cecilio Martinez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cecilio Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Genaro Aragones in the 30th minute of the match. George Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hüseyin Rahmi Tanpınar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. São José City - FSCMZ were furious when Primo Mazzola was red carded, 35 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. São José City - FSCMZ:s George Buffon showed great skill when he stopped Ariel Lihach:s penalty. In the 40th minute Ariel Lihach shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but George Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A throw-in in the 41st minute of the game was made by Silvio Garikoitz with Ralph Spaan as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After the first half São José City - FSCMZ were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

São José City - FSCMZ made a substitution. Dagoberto Linares replaced Elias Rocha. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Benedito Paes to strike the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Liu Yuan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Athletic Bostero's supporters rose to their feet, but Liu Yuan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. George Buffon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benedito Paes got free with Cecilio Martinez in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. George Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hüseyin Rahmi Tanpınar, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. In the 61st minute, Hüseyin Rahmi Tanpınar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Athletic Bostero fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Silvio Garikoitz made in the 65th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by São José City - FSCMZ's Genaro Aragones. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hüseyin Rahmi Tanpınar in the 69th minute of play forced São José City - FSCMZ's goalkeeper George Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, São José City - FSCMZ's Amadeu Neto got a free kick in the 71st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liu Yuan in the 72nd minute of play forced São José City - FSCMZ's goalkeeper George Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 74 minutes into the match, São José City - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolas Tipi came free, but George Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. George Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolas Tipi in the 76th minute of the match. George Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liu Yuan in the 80th minute of play. In the 82nd minute, Benedito Paes reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cecilio Martinez. The goal made the score 1-3. Liu Yuan scored 2-3 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of George Buffon, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Benedito Paes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Giuseppe Correia hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. George Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ariel Lihach, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. São José City - FSCMZ's George Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hüseyin Rahmi Tanpınar in the 96th minute of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. São José City - FSCMZ had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.