World League

PARS STADIUM
Spectators: 7655 (Terracing: 5743, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) Gianluigi Donnarumma stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Esequiel Barco's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. After some careless play in the PERSPOLIS defense, Esequiel Barco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gianluigi Donnarumma. The PERSPOLIS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gianluigi Donnarumma should have stopped the shot. If Cipriano Ganix had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lin Mo Hong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Facundo Feria in the 17th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Esequiel Barco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gianluigi Donnarumma was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Curumalán AFC's Lin Mo Hong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Constantino Salgado in the 23rd minute of play. 24 minutes into the match, Curumalán AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Bela Herrero came free, but Lin Mo Hong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27th minute Cipriano Ganix shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lin Mo Hong saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Curumalán AFC's Lin Mo Hong got control of the ball when Facundo Feria tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cipriano Ganix in the 32nd minute of play forced Curumalán AFC's goalkeeper Lin Mo Hong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PERSPOLIS's Cipriano Ganix managed to work through Curumalán AFC's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Cipriano Ganix dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. After 33 played minutes PERSPOLIS got a freekick which was hit by Honorio Carceles. Gianluigi Donnarumma showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Esequiel Barco, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Curumalán AFC's Lin Mo Hong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Constantino Salgado in the 38th minute of play. Lin Mo Hong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cipriano Ganix in the 43rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Esequiel Barco in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gianluigi Donnarumma saved PERSPOLIS from getting behind. Gianluigi Donnarumma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Esequiel Barco in the 47th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emmanuel Gigliotti stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lin Mo Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Facundo Feria in the 54th minute of the match. In the 57th minute, Emmanuel Gigliotti ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gianluigi Donnarumma was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Curumalán AFC's goalkeeper Lin Mo Hong, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bela Herrero in the 64th minute of play forced Curumalán AFC's goalkeeper Lin Mo Hong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A nice corner shot did that Honorio Carceles got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Lin Mo Hong quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Gianluigi Donnarumma made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emmanuel Gigliotti in the 70th minute. With a little luck, PERSPOLIS's Gianluigi Donnarumma got control of the ball when Lautaro Barahona tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gianluigi Donnarumma made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Barahona in the 72nd minute. Gianluigi Donnarumma made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Lautaro Barahona sent off a good shot on target. Gianluigi Donnarumma made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Lautaro Barahona sent off a good shot on target. PERSPOLIS's Gianluigi Donnarumma played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emmanuel Gigliotti in the 80th minute of play. When Curumalán AFC's Emmanuel Gigliotti in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PERSPOLIS's goalie prevented a goal. 82 minutes into the game, Lautaro Barahona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Gianluigi Donnarumma was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 87 minutes into the game, Pedro León threw the ball into play from the sideline. Curumalán AFC's Alexander Aalders quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 88 minutes into the match, PERSPOLIS's goal looked a bit too open when Freddy Mikelats came free, but Gianluigi Donnarumma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lautaro Barahona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gianluigi Donnarumma having to interfere. Gianluigi Donnarumma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Barahona in the 93rd minute of play. Ingmar Bergman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 97 minutes into the match, PERSPOLIS's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emmanuel Gigliotti. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Curumalán AFC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.