Friendly League

Eugenio Carlucci
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Pär Are showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Corrado Mancini in the 3rd minute of the match. Erwin Jadamowitz did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Pär Are 4 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Montechiarugolo AFC's Alex Mori got a free kick in the 11th minute. 24 minutes into the match, Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Daniele Bevilacqua came free, but Liu Xing Qiang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erwin Jadamowitz in the 27th minute of play forced Montechiarugolo AFC's goalkeeper Pär Are to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29th minute, Anfilogino Preda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Montechiarugolo AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Francesco Coscia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Pär Are made a huge save. Liu Xing Qiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anfilogino Preda in the 35th minute of the match. Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's Liu Xing Qiang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anfilogino Preda in the 42nd minute of play. Liu Xing Qiang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anfilogino Preda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anfilogino Preda stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Liu Xing Qiang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniele Bevilacqua, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. In the 54th match minute, Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Corrado Mancini to maneuver through the defense. With 55 minutes on the clock, Valeriu Stoicescu commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 54 minutes into the game, one of Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Liu Xing Qiang had in the 56thth minute some difficulties stopping Emilio Macchia's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafim Malta in the 59th minute of play forced Montechiarugolo AFC's goalkeeper Pär Are to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Biagio Damiani got free with Liu Xing Qiang in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Liu Xing Qiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniele Bevilacqua in the 67th minute of the match. Montechiarugolo AFC's Pär Are played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Serafim Malta in the 68th minute of play. Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's Liu Xing Qiang proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC from getting a goal against them. After 80 minutes of play, Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's Corrado Mancini made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pär Are was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Daniele Bevilacqua's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Liu Xing Qiang was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's Quique Branca got a free kick in the 97th minute. 100 minutes had been played when some careless play by Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alex Mori was slow to take the kick. During this time Montechiarugolo AFC's players had a chance to rest. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.