Friendly League

Gärsnäs Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Timmy Ahlberg kicked off to start the match. Wang Cheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Biagio Mazzone, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 5 minutes into the match, Gärsnäs BF's Ingvar Nyqvist sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mattia Perin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Wang Cheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moise Kean in the 10th minute of the match. Wang Cheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Svetlozar Cholakov, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Wang Cheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Biagio Mazzone in the 16th minute of play. A collision led to Eurospeed Asti getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Alberto Santo hit a great ball. Mattia Perin was out of position in the 20 minute of play, and Ingvar Nyqvist capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ingvar Nyqvist really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Wang Cheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Biagio Mazzone in the 24th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Timmy Ahlberg during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Wang Cheng came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Eurospeed Asti's Moise Kean. But to his dismay, Moise Kean quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Moise Kean in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Wang Cheng saved Gärsnäs BF from getting behind. After 31 minutes Gärsnäs BF's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Amlawdd Clifford who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Amlawdd Clifford got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Wang Cheng quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Eurospeed Asti's Alberigo Brini got a free kick in the 34th minute. In the 35th minute, Bo Drake 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. Wang Cheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moise Kean in the 37th minute of play. 38 minutes into the game, Svetlozar Cholakov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Wang Cheng was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Ingvar Nyqvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gärsnäs BF's supporters rose to their feet, but Ingvar Nyqvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mattia Perin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Patric Hellgren kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. In the 45th minute of the match, Patric Hellgren got a very nice opportunity to score, but Mattia Perin was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 46 minutes into the match, Eurospeed Asti's goal looked a bit too open when Patric Hellgren came free, but Mattia Perin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half Eurospeed Asti were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Moise Kean was the one to do the kick off. 56 minutes into the match, Gärsnäs BF's goal looked a bit too open when Biagio Mazzone came free, but Wang Cheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Patric Hellgren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Mattia Perin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Ingvar Nyqvist 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. After some careless play in the Gärsnäs BF defense, Svetlozar Cholakov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wang Cheng. The Gärsnäs BF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wang Cheng should have stopped the shot. Moise Keans short, quick shot in the 68thth minute got Wang Cheng to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Eurospeed Asti were awarded a corner in the 69th minute after Gärsnäs BF's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Amlawdd Clifford took the corner. An unexpectedly hard shot by Biagio Mazzone in the 75th minute of play forced Gärsnäs BF's goalkeeper Wang Cheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute Biagio Mazzone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wang Cheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Troizen Mamalis's late challenge caught a Eurospeed Asti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Troizen Mamalis helped the player get up and apologised. After 77 played minutes Gärsnäs BF got a freekick which was hit by Troizen Mamalis. Wang Cheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moise Kean in the 77th minute of play. 82 minutes into the match, Gärsnäs BF's goal looked a bit too open when Moise Kean came free, but Wang Cheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gärsnäs BF's Wang Cheng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moise Kean in the 87th minute of play. After 88 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Gärsnäs BF! 93 minutes into the game, Moise Kean cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-7. Wang Cheng was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eurospeed Asti's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.