World League

Stade Zoë
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bruno Sauveur took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Defensores de Lombroso's goalkeeper Gianluca Buffon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sheep United's Damiano Melfi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Sauveur in the 7th minute of play. Damiano Melfi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bruno Sauveur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damiano Melfi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Sauveur in the 8th minute of the match. Sheep United's Damiano Melfi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Sauveur in the 11th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Sheldon Cooper put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Gianluca Buffon. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Sauveur in the 17th minute of play forced Sheep United's goalkeeper Damiano Melfi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damiano Melfi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Sauveur in the 18th minute of the match. In the 23rd minute Shoval Diggs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gianluca Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gianluca Buffon made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Shoval Diggs sent off a good shot on target. Gianluca Buffon made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Sheldon Cooper sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 26th minute of play forced Sheep United's goalkeeper Damiano Melfi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st match minute, Defensores de Lombroso was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ubaldo Gelacio to maneuver through the defense. Damiano Melfi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Uriel Ferrer in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 36th match minute, Defensores de Lombroso was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Raphael to maneuver through the defense. Sheep United's José Antonio Parra got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Shoval Diggs stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Sheep United's goalkeeper Damiano Melfi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Defensores de Lombroso's Gianluca Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shoval Diggs in the 55th minute of play. Sheep United were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after Defensores de Lombroso's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. José Antonio Parra took the corner. 59 minutes into the match, Ubaldo Gelacio notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Sheep United's Damiano Melfi. Damiano Melfi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 66th minute, Ubaldo Gelacio made a precise shot to the right of Damiano Melfi. Sheep United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Defensores de Lombroso made a substitution. Valentín Barco replaced Federico Pirro. 70 minutes into the match, Bruno Sauveur had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Damiano Melfi. Sheep United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bruno Sauveur was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. 73 minutes into the match, Sheep United's goalkeeper Damiano Melfi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bruno Sauveur. Damiano Melfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ubaldo Gelacio in the 75th minute of play. Damiano Melfi didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Defensores de Lombroso's Bruno Sauveur shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Lionel-Andrés Messi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Damiano Melfi made a huge save. After 80 minutes Sheep United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bruno Sauveur who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Bruno Sauveur almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Sheep United's Damiano Melfi did a great save. 83 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sheep United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bruno Sauveur was slow to take the kick. During this time Defensores de Lombroso's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Defensores de Lombroso's Amadeo Raebert to fire away a dangerous shot which Damiano Melfi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Lionel-Andrés Messi who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 86thth minute tested the skills of Damiano Melfi when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 89th minute, Levi Schaap hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Damiano Melfi managed to avoid a goal in the 93rdth minute, when Defensores de Lombroso's Alan Varela fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 96th minute, Bruno Sidoro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Defensores de Lombroso's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.