U18 World League

上海八万人体育场
Spectators: 7564 (Terracing: 5674, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ferruccio Coccia made the kick off which started today's match. Lunatics of Arianrhod's Cosimo Briano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 庄卫悦 in the 7th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Lunatics of Arianrhod's goal looked a bit too open when 庄卫悦 came free, but Cosimo Briano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Davide Flammini in the 10th minute of play forced ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻's goalkeeper 程谦志 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 16 minutes into the match, ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻's goal looked a bit too open when Enzo Rondinelli came free, but 程谦志 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lunatics of Arianrhod's Cosimo Briano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Lunatics of Arianrhod from getting a goal against them. In the 25th minute ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻 were awarded a corner. 庄卫悦 went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻's corner 庄卫悦 fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Cosimo Briano quite easily take care of the ball. The audience was convinced that 庄卫悦's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cosimo Briano was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. After 31 minutes of play, ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻's 庄卫悦 made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cosimo Briano was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Lunatics of Arianrhod getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Ercole Senatore hit a great ball. 袁翀升 struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Cosimo Briano didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻. ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻's 庄烽挺 suffered a sore foot after 36 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Enzo Rondinelli charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Enzo Rondinelli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻 made a substitution. 曾坚杰 replaced 庄烽挺. A collision led to Lunatics of Arianrhod getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Enzo Rondinelli hit a great ball. In the 39th minute of the match, 庄卫悦 tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Cosimo Briano saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Cosimo Briano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 庄卫悦 in the 41st minute of the match. 程谦志 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferruccio Coccia in the 42nd minute of play. 45 minutes into the game, Ferruccio Coccia cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. 程谦志 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half Lunatics of Arianrhod were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when 庄卫悦 made the kick off in the second half. 顾剑远 struck a weak shot in the 51st minute. Cosimo Briano didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻. After 57 played minutes Lunatics of Arianrhod got a freekick which was hit by Cristiano Migliorati. When 曾坚杰 fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻's protests and gave 曾坚杰 a yellow card for diving instead. In the 58th minute, 曾坚杰 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 程谦志 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferruccio Coccia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 75th minute, Dennis Orioli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lunatics of Arianrhod fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. 庄卫悦 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If 庄卫悦 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻 supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Lunatics of Arianrhod's performance. The match ended with a win for Lunatics of Arianrhod.