World League

ACR Olimpico
Spectators: 7957 (Terracing: 5969, Seating: 1830, VIP seats: 158) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 傅亮战 took the kick off in the first half of the match. 巩城博 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvaro Sforza in the 4th minute of the match. With his leg 巩城博 managed to avoid a goal in the 5thth minute, when AC Roma's Javier Della Francesca fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Jago Goetschi hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute of the match Alvaro Sforza sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but 巩城博 skillfully saved the ball. In the 12th minute 傅亮战 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristoforo Brillante saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Javier Della Francesca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC's 巩城博 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Sforza in the 16th minute of play. After 23 played minutes 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC got a freekick which was hit by 曲剑泉. 巩城博 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Javier Della Francesca in the 25th minute. AC Roma's Cristoforo Brillante played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Casimiro Tartalo in the 30th minute of play. Cristoforo Brillante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 余旭志 in the 35th minute of play. With a little luck, 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC's 巩城博 got control of the ball when Javier Della Francesca tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to AC Roma getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Luiz Paulo Leão hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alvaro Sforza made a kick off. After 61 played minutes AC Roma got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Paulo Leão. 64 minutes into the match, Alvaro Sforza had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 巩城博. 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alvaro Sforza was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. 66 minutes into the game, 余旭志 recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Cristoforo Brillante. 余旭志 showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. AC Roma's Cristoforo Brillante proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save AC Roma from getting a goal against them. AC Roma's Horia Nasta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by 孙超阳 in the 76 minute of the game. In the 77th minute, 余旭志 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristoforo Brillante was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. After 81 minutes of play, AC Roma's Alvaro Sforza made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 巩城博 was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cristoforo Brillante took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 曲剑泉, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute 曲剑泉 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristoforo Brillante saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Javier Della Francesca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 【AC】Black Dragon-03616FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.