U23 World League

Acilia Arena
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Alberto Diana made the kick off and thus started the match. After 3 minutes, Bernardo Genovesi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Acilia Town and the Bloodthirsty FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Acilia Town getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Bernardo Genovesi hit a great ball. 5 minutes in the game Amedeo Chizzo did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Alessio Fortunato. 何旭银 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alessandro Checchia in the 6th minute of the match. After 8 played minutes Acilia Town got a freekick which was hit by Alessandro Checchia. In the 17th minute Alessio Fortunato collided with an opponent which caused him a fractured collar bone. Elliott Bennet's late challenge caught a Acilia Town's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Elliott Bennet helped the player get up and apologised. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Diana got free with 何旭银 in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Acilia Town booed when Bloodthirsty FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elliott Bennet didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Diego Garofalo came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Acilia Town fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Diego Garofalo couldn't finish the play. 何旭银 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alessandro Checchia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes into the match, Bloodthirsty FC's goalkeeper 何旭银 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Diana. Alessandro Checchia took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 何旭银. 何旭银 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olof Västerberg to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Olof Västerberg made a precise shot to the right of Beppe Scannella. Acilia Town's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. If Olof Västerberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Acilia Town booed when Bloodthirsty FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sverker Collin didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Bloodthirsty FC getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Stig Felin hit a great ball. Bloodthirsty FC's 何旭银 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Diana in the 72nd minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, Bloodthirsty FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alessandro Checchia came free, but 何旭银 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sverker Collin's late challenge caught a Acilia Town's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sverker Collin helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Bloodthirsty FC's Sverker Collin got a free kick in the 76th minute. Olof Västerberg was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 81st minute. Bloodthirsty FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. When Bernardo Genovesi was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 84 minutes had been played. In the 85th minute, Bernardo Genovesi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Acilia Town getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Bernardo Genovesi hit a great ball. 94 minutes had been played when some careless play by Acilia Town's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Svante Petersson was slow to take the kick. During this time Bloodthirsty FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Bloodthirsty FC's corner Svante Petersson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Beppe Scannella quite easily take care of the ball. Bloodthirsty FC succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Acilia Town had controlled the match.