U23 World League

Duff Stadium
Spectators: 7730 (Terracing: 5799, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Denis Law made the kick off and thus started the match. Fabien Barthez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zeng Zhen, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Zeng Zhen spun around in front of the goal 6 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of AFC United's goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zeng Zhen in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fabien Barthez saved AFC United from getting behind. Fabien Barthez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yang Yang Xiang in the 10th minute of the match. AFC United's Fabien Barthez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hu Nan in the 14th minute of play. After 23 played minutes AFC United got a freekick which was hit by Martino Trabado. Nardo Torrecilla kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. 32 minutes into the game, 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's Yang Yang Xiang nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fabien Barthez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. When 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's Zeng Zhen in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AFC United's goalie prevented a goal. 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's Shen Cheng Yuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilen Martioda in the 40th minute of play. Huang Feng Sha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』 were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Fabien Barthez made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Huang Feng Sha sent off a good shot on target. AFC United's Fabien Barthez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zeng Zhen in the 52nd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, Zeng Zhen notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of AFC United's Fabien Barthez. Fabien Barthez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zeng Zhen in the 64th minute of play forced AFC United's goalkeeper Fabien Barthez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabien Barthez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zeng Zhen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AFC United's Fabien Barthez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save AFC United from getting a goal against them. Qin Jun's late challenge caught a AFC United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Qin Jun helped the player get up and apologised. After 74 played minutes 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』 got a freekick which was hit by Qin Jun. 82 minutes into the game, AFC United's Edwin Ortiz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Shen Cheng Yuan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Fabien Barthez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liu Jian Qiang in the 86th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the match, AFC United's goalkeeper Fabien Barthez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yang Yang Xiang. After a rather tough play, 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's Yang Yang Xiang got a free kick in the 95th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Nardo Torrecilla managed to get in a good position for a shot. AFC United's supporters rose to their feet, but Nardo Torrecilla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Shen Cheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.