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Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when George Messi took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Gunnar Ekeroth's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicolas Britto was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 6th minute, George Stones hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. George Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fathoni Baso, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. When ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Fathoni Baso in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Three Lions FC's goalie prevented a goal. After 12 minutes Three Lions FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Armando Petrosino who took care of the corner kick. Benito McRae tried in the 12th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy George Buffon a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-0. Rubens Esteves could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but George Buffon made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Rubens Esteves slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of George Buffon. That made the score 2-0 after 17 minutes of play. George Buffon was out of position in the 20 minute of play, and Fathoni Baso capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fathoni Baso really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. Nicolas Britto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from George Messi in the 24th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fathoni Baso in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg George Buffon saved Three Lions FC from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in Three Lions FC's zone, Rubens Esteves stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. George Buffon came out of the goal and Rubens Esteves tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Nicolas Britto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by George Messi in the 29th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Armando Petrosino got free with George Buffon in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 40th minute, Fathoni Baso made a precise shot to the right of George Buffon. Three Lions FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Gunnar Ekeroth fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicolas Britto having to interfere. If Rubens Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fathoni Baso stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. George Foden hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. George Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fathoni Baso in the 53rd minute of the match. George Buffon stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fathoni Baso's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. George Stones tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired George Buffon. An unnecessary self made goal, 5-0 in the 55th minute. George Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fathoni Baso, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fathoni Baso in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg George Buffon saved Three Lions FC from getting behind. In the 61st minute, George Stones hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 62nd minute Fathoni Baso 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. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Fathoni Baso got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Cody Miles was substituted for Rubens Esteves. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hannes Hellsing in the 70th minute of play forced Three Lions FC's goalkeeper George Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolas Britto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from George Messi in the 71st minute of play. George Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lauro Leite, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lauro Leite in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg George Buffon saved Three Lions FC from getting behind. In the 80th minute the ball was on its way in behind Three Lions FC's goalkeeper George Buffon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. George Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lauro Leite in the 81st minute of play. George Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lauro Leite in the 89th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Lauro Leite had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of George Buffon. Three Lions FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lauro Leite was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. George Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cody Miles, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Nicolas Britto made an important save on a dangerous shot by George Messi in the 97th minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the Three Lions FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ.