World League

Arena Cedro
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Benedito Paes made the kick off which started today's match. George Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luizão Peixoto in the 6th minute of the match. After 8 minutes of play, Karaboudjan's Aírton Oliveira made it 0-1 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! The audience was convinced that Fernandinho Albuquerque's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but George Buffon was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. 16 minutes into the match, Fernandinho Albuquerque 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. Aírton Oliveira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 19thth minute of the game Wilson Bezerra who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but São José City - FSCMZ's George Buffon was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. George Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuri Teixeira in the 25th minute of play. Luizão Peixoto scored 0-3 in the 28th 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. Luizão Peixoto blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without George Buffon having to make a save. When Aírton Oliveira came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Karaboudjan 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 Aírton Oliveira couldn't finish the play. 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 Fernandinho Albuquerque in the 40th minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Aírton Oliveira 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 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fernandinho Albuquerque to make the kick off. After 59th play minutes Fernandinho Albuquerque shot 0-6, a short shot which went by George Buffon and just under the crossbar into goal. After 66 minutes of play, Karaboudjan's Fernandinho Albuquerque made it 0-7 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! The throw-in from Rafael Godoi in the 71st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by São José City - FSCMZ's Cássio da Silva. Wilson Bezerra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but George Buffon made a huge save. São José City - FSCMZ's defense didn't have a chance, in the 74th minute, when Luizão Peixoto scored to the left of an out of position George Buffon, making the score, 0-8. Aírton Oliveira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without George Buffon having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, São José City - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Fernandinho Albuquerque came free, but George Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. George Buffon came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Karaboudjan's Aírton Oliveira. But to his dismay, Aírton Oliveira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-9. George Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernandinho Albuquerque in the 87th minute of the match. Aírton Oliveira took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised George Buffon. George Buffon dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-10. The supporters of Karaboudjan booed when São José City - FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amadeu Neto didn't get a good kick on the ball. George Buffon came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Karaboudjan's Aírton Oliveira. But to his dismay, Aírton Oliveira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-11. When the final whistle sounded Karaboudjan left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than São José City - FSCMZ.