U23 League

Maksimir
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tonino Mihaljević started the match with the kick off. If Bebeto Simão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Qian Wei Kuan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giovanni Falcone in the 3rd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Lipovljani's Tonino Mihaljević slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Eugenio Colecchia. That made the score 1-0 after 4 minutes of play. After some careless play in the Seggiano defense, Mihovil Uremović kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eugenio Colecchia. The Seggiano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eugenio Colecchia should have stopped the shot. Eugenio Colecchia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihovil Uremović in the 19th minute of the match. Qian Wei Kuan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudio Antonangeli in the 21st minute of play. After 22 minutes Lipovljani's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cesare Del Duca who took care of the corner kick. Seggiano's Cesare Del Duca was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Qian Wei Kuan in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 24 minutes of play, Seggiano's Claudio Antonangeli made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Qian Wei Kuan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Seggiano's Eugenio Colecchia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Seggiano from getting a goal against them. Eugenio Colecchia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tonino Mihaljević in the 39th minute of play. Mihovil Uremović fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eugenio Colecchia having to interfere. 46 minutes into the game, Jorginho Jorginho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lipovljani's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Seggiano the free kick. In the 46th match minute, Lipovljani was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jorginho Jorginho to maneuver through the defense.

Lipovljani made a substitution. Juraj Pešikan replaced Većeslav Jelenić. Lipovljani's Cristian Pavon was substituted for Mihovil Uremović. Claudio Antonangeli blasted a shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Qian Wei Kuan having to make a save. Eugenio Colecchia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tonino Mihaljević, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Claudio Antonangeli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Claudio Antonangeli got free with Qian Wei Kuan in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 72nd minute, Leon Gržančić 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. In the 76th minute Leon Gržančić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Colecchia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eugenio Colecchia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leon Gržančić, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. A collision led to Seggiano getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Emilio Ceci hit a great ball. 83 minutes into the game, Lipovljani's Lovro Gotovina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eugenio Colecchia made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Eugenio Colecchia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tonino Mihaljević in the 85th minute of the match. Eugenio Colecchia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tonino Mihaljević in the 86th minute of the match. Seggiano's Eugenio Colecchia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leon Gržančić in the 87th minute of play. Seggiano's Eugenio Colecchia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tonino Mihaljević in the 88th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Lipovljani's Ali Perker got a free kick in the 90th minute. After 96 played minutes Seggiano got a freekick which was hit by Bebeto Simão. Eugenio Colecchia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leon Gržančić, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Lipovljani had played much better football throughout.