World League

Alesandro Abarzua
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) George Messi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. George Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelino Fritz, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 8th minute, George Messi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that George Messi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlos Alberto Villa was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. In the 12th minute, Esteban Montrell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carlos Alberto Villa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from George Messi, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. 15 minutes into the match, Three Lions FC's goal looked a bit too open when Yeray Necochea came free, but George Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by George Stones during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. George Stones kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Eladio Sarmiento made in the 17th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Three Lions FC's George Maguire. George Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelino Fritz in the 19th minute of the match. The supporters of Three Lions FC booed when Talcampeón FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yeray Necochea didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Talcampeón FC's zone, George Messi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carlos Alberto Villa came out of the goal and George Messi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A nice corner shot did that Lolo Acharan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this George Buffon quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Carlos Alberto Villa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from George Messi in the 29th minute of play. When George Messi came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Three Lions FC 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 George Messi couldn't finish the play. After 32 played minutes Three Lions FC got a freekick which was hit by George Mbappè. Carlos Alberto Villa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from George Messi, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Carlos Alberto Villa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from George Mbappè in the 39th minute of play. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Talcampeón FC's goalkeeper Carlos Alberto Villa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Three Lions FC's George Messi in the 44th minute got a chance for a shot 44th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Talcampeón FC's goalie prevented a goal. Three Lions FC's George Messi got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Three Lions FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Benito McRae hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lolo Acharan made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelino Fritz in the 58th minute of play forced Three Lions FC's goalkeeper George Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Three Lions FC's George De Bruyne managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Yeray Necochea in the 60 minute of the game. When Three Lions FC's George Messi in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Talcampeón FC's goalie prevented a goal. After 70 minutes of play, Talcampeón FC's Marcelino Fritz made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. George Buffon was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 74th minute Talcampeón FC were awarded a corner. Román Ahrens went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Román Ahrens almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Three Lions FC's George Buffon did a great save. The crowd rose to their feet as George Messi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Carlos Alberto Villa. That made the score 1-1 in the 76 minute of play. The audience was convinced that George Messi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlos Alberto Villa was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Three Lions FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by George Lukaku in the 82nd minute. Three Lions FC's George Lukaku was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Carlos Alberto Villa in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Carlos Alberto Villa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from George Messi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.