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Match Report
Castelnuovo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fedele Pelliccioni started the match with the kick off. Fulvio Tondi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rodri Palacios's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. 13 minutes into the game, Rossangeles's Wang Feng nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fulvio Tondi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Adam Zieba scored 0-4 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fulvio Tondi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Rossangeles fans' excitement grew in the 19th match minute when Rossangeles's Rodri Palacios looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Jiang Bing Ning made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fedele Pelliccioni in the 22nd minute of play. Fulvio Tondi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gu Zhou Xiao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wang Feng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Fulvio Tondi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ercole Fiori in the 31st minute of play forced Castelnuovo's goalkeeper Fulvio Tondi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the game, Rossangeles's Rodri Palacios nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fulvio Tondi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Sílvio Luís Secco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Gu Zhou Xiao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fulvio Tondi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodri Palacios in the 43rd minute of play. Fulvio Tondi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodri Palacios in the 44th minute of play.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rodri Palacios was the one to do the kick off. An unexpected shot in the 52nd minute by Adam Zieba got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. With an all-out effort, Rossangeles's Fulvio Tondi threw himself towards the right post 52 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gu Zhou Xiao, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 53rd minute of the match Rossangeles got a corner. Castelnuovo's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gu Zhou Xiao ran over to the corner to take the kick. Wang Feng was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Rossangeles's Rodri Palacios was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 61st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. A collision led to Castelnuovo getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Armando Ciraci hit a great ball. In the 67th minute, Rodri Palacios 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rodri Palacios in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fulvio Tondi saved Castelnuovo from getting behind. A well done corner resulted in Sílvio Luís Secco drilling the ball in to score 0-10 behind Castelnuovo's goalkeeper. After having played for 74 minutes, Gu Zhou Xiao managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rossangeles's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gu Zhou Xiao was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rodri Palacios fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fulvio Tondi having to interfere. In the 76th minute, Adam Zieba 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 a defensive mix-up in Castelnuovo's zone, Gu Zhou Xiao stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fulvio Tondi came out of the goal and Gu Zhou Xiao tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rodri Palacios was extremely unlucky when he, in the 85th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Rossangeles's Sílvio Luís Secco got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Wang Feng charged in rather forcefully in the 88th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wang Feng the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 88th minute, Wang Feng hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fulvio Tondi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wang Feng in the 91st minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Rossangeles left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Castelnuovo.
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