World League

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Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) São José City - FSCMZ's Benedito Paes started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 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 Mikolaj Kuszczak in the 3rd minute of play. Otsoko Balmaceda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 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 Otsoko Balmaceda in the 4th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Otsoko Balmaceda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but George Buffon was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. In the 9th minute, Otsoko Balmaceda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lech Max fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Kuszczak in the 13th 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. 15 minutes into the match, Mikolaj Kuszczak notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of São José City - FSCMZ's George Buffon. George Buffon was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 21st minute, Otsoko Balmaceda ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. George Buffon was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. After having played for 24 minutes, Mikolaj Kuszczak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lech Max's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mikolaj Kuszczak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. George Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Otsoko Balmaceda, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After 30th play minutes Otsoko Balmaceda shot 0-4, a short shot which went by George Buffon and just under the crossbar into goal. When Lech Max's Otsoko Balmaceda in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye São José City - FSCMZ's goalie prevented a goal. After 35 minutes of play, Lech Max's Otsoko Balmaceda made it 0-5 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! After some careless play in the São José City - FSCMZ defense, Otsoko Balmaceda kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of George Buffon. The São José City - FSCMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that George Buffon should have stopped the shot. George Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikolaj Kuszczak, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

When Benedito Paes came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the São José City - FSCMZ 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 Benedito Paes couldn't finish the play. In the 54th minute, Mikolaj Kuszczak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lech Max fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. With an all-out effort, Lech Max's George Buffon threw himself towards the right post 58 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Otsoko Balmaceda, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Mikolaj Kuszczak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without George Buffon having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Otsoko Balmaceda in the 63rd 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Otsoko Balmaceda in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg George Buffon saved São José City - FSCMZ from getting behind. Otsoko Balmaceda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without George Buffon having to interfere. George Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otsoko Balmaceda in the 72nd minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 74 minutes, George Buffon successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 76 minutes into the match, São José City - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Otsoko Balmaceda came free, but George Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th match minute, São José City - FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cássio da Silva to maneuver through the defense. When Otsoko Balmaceda came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Lech Max 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 Otsoko Balmaceda couldn't finish the play. With an all-out effort, Lech Max's George Buffon threw himself towards the right post 82 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Otsoko Balmaceda, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 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 Mikolaj Kuszczak in the 83rd minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, São José City - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Otsoko Balmaceda came free, but George Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A throw-in in the 91st minute of the game was made by Agnaldo Neto with Cássio da Silva as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 95 minutes into the match, São José City - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Otsoko Balmaceda came free, but George Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Lech Max supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Lech Max would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.