U23 World League

Leeton Park
Spectators: 7828 (Terracing: 5872, Seating: 1800, VIP seats: 156) Leeton United FC's Paz Gledden 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Blade Pincini in the 3rd minute of play forced MAZER SAF's goalkeeper Ismael Negri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute Laurgain Ruiz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Downing Mueller saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. MAZER SAF's Jorginho Mello quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Benard Millar, made in the 11th minute of the game. After 12 minutes of play, MAZER SAF's Laurgain Ruiz made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Downing Mueller was left in no man's land by his defense there! MAZER SAF's Laurgain Ruiz got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Laurgain Ruiz might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Downing Mueller. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Laurgain Ruiz ran back to his position shaking his head. MAZER SAF's Claudinho Montenegro quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Jacob Baxter, made in the 22nd minute of the game. Laurgain Ruiz might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Downing Mueller. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Laurgain Ruiz ran back to his position shaking his head. 23 minutes into the match, Leeton United FC's goal looked a bit too open when Laurgain Ruiz came free, but Downing Mueller reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Paz Gledden came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Leeton United 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 Paz Gledden couldn't finish the play. 33 minutes into the game, Laurgain Ruiz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Downing Mueller was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 35 minutes into the match, Leeton United FC's goal looked a bit too open when Augusto Sein came free, but Downing Mueller reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th minute, Jorginho Mello hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

Laurgain Ruiz scored 0-3 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Downing Mueller, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With his leg Downing Mueller managed to avoid a goal in the 54thth minute, when MAZER SAF's Evaristo Castro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 0-4 became the score in the 56th minute when Evaristo Castro elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Downing Mueller stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Laurgain Ruiz's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Laurgain Ruiz got free with Downing Mueller in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 62 minutes into the match, Leeton United FC's goalkeeper Downing Mueller had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Augusto Sein. An unexpectedly hard shot by Laurgain Ruiz in the 63rd minute of play forced Leeton United FC's goalkeeper Downing Mueller to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laurgain Ruiz took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Downing Mueller. Downing Mueller dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. MAZER SAF made a substitution. Murillo Lima replaced Kang Wei Lin. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Yuri Alberto in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Downing Mueller saved Leeton United FC from getting behind. Downing Mueller stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yuri Alberto's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. After some careless play in the MAZER SAF defense, Blade Pincini kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ismael Negri. The MAZER SAF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ismael Negri should have stopped the shot. Ismael Negri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Blade Pincini in the 77th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Yuri Alberto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Downing Mueller. Leeton United FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yuri Alberto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. Downing Mueller made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuri Alberto in the 82nd minute of play. Evaristo Castro in the 84thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Downing Mueller, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. MAZER SAF's attentive Jorginho Mello managed to snatch the ball when Benard Millar made a throw-in in the 87th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuri Alberto in the 88th minute of play forced Leeton United FC's goalkeeper Downing Mueller to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Leeton United FC getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Brown Wilde hit a great ball. In the 93rd minute Yuri Alberto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Downing Mueller saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Downing Mueller showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuri Alberto, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. When the final whistle sounded MAZER SAF left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Leeton United FC.