U23 World League

施秉县杉木河体育场
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ciriaco Txatxu made the kick off which started today's match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ciriaco Txatxu in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 潘悦亦 saved 贵州省施秉县醒狮队 from getting behind. 潘悦亦 didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Italia's Ciriaco Txatxu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. After 13 minutes Italia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 洪然扬 who took care of the corner kick. 温升远's late challenge caught a Italia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 温升远 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 19th match minute, 贵州省施秉县醒狮队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 温升远 to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th minute of the match 温升远 shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eleuterio Romo showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 潘悦亦 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ciriaco Txatxu's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. With a little luck, Italia's Eleuterio Romo got control of the ball when 汪林荣 tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Ciriaco Txatxu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 潘悦亦 was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. In the 38th minute Ciriaco Txatxu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 潘悦亦 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 马国梁 hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. 贵州省施秉县醒狮队's 潘悦亦 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgardo Sarracino in the 43rd minute of play. Ciriaco Txatxu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without 潘悦亦 having to make a save. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 汪林荣 to make the kick off. After 51 minutes of play, 贵州省施秉县醒狮队's 白诚翔 made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eleuterio Romo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 56 minutes into the match, Italia's goal looked a bit too open when 齐烨风 came free, but Eleuterio Romo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 许峰云 hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. A hard shot 62 in the game by Ciriaco Txatxu from a close distance when the talented 潘悦亦 managed to make a qualified save. 贵州省施秉县醒狮队's players were relieved. In the 63rd match minute, 贵州省施秉县醒狮队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edwin 雷坚 to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute, Edgardo Sarracino sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and 贵州省施秉县醒狮队's 潘悦亦 didn't even have to move. When Italia's Ciriaco Txatxu in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 贵州省施秉县醒狮队's goalie prevented a goal. 许峰云 kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. When Ciriaco Txatxu came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Italia 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 Ciriaco Txatxu couldn't finish the play. 潘悦亦 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ciriaco Txatxu's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. After 82 minutes, Denis Seber mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Italia and the 贵州省施秉县醒狮队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 84 minutes of play, 贵州省施秉县醒狮队's 齐烨风 made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eleuterio Romo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 白诚翔 scored 3-4 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eleuterio Romo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Denis Seber received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. 潘悦亦 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ciriaco Txatxu's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 94thth minute, 潘悦亦 skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Italia were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over 贵州省施秉县醒狮队's much stronger midfield.