U23 World League

Joaquin F. A Delgado
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Claudio Mattioli kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, COSQUIN SFC's goal looked a bit too open when Meng Mo Feng came free, but Domingos Dalmau reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Huang Hao Chuan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julián Alvarez, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Domingos Dalmau made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Ascani in the 9th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julián Alvarez in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Huang Hao Chuan saved forsal FC from getting behind. In the 12th minute, Delmiro Fernanco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of COSQUIN SFC booed when forsal FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ercole Di Paolo didn't get a good kick on the ball. A long shot from Aquilino Richie in the 15th minute of play was well struck, but Huang Hao Chuan made a really good save at the right post. After 16 played minutes forsal FC got a freekick which was hit by Fedele Onori. Claudio Mattioli scored 0-1 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Domingos Dalmau, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Domingos Dalmau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Meng Mo Feng in the 23rd minute of the match. 25 minutes into the match, Alberto Ascani had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Domingos Dalmau. COSQUIN SFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Ascani was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 27 minutes into the match, Claudio Mattioli notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of COSQUIN SFC's Domingos Dalmau. Domingos Dalmau was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Domingos Dalmau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvise Sartori, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Domingos Dalmau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Meng Mo Feng in the 32nd minute of the match. Alvise Sartori kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. In the 39th minute, Sandaili Solbeida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Huang Hao Chuan managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when COSQUIN SFC's Julián Alvarez fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Ascani in the 43rd minute of play forced COSQUIN SFC's goalkeeper Domingos Dalmau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes into the game, Meng Mo Feng cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Domingos Dalmau was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Julián Alvarez to make the kick off. A collision led to COSQUIN SFC getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Aquilino Richie hit a great ball. In the 59th minute of the match, Meng Mo Feng tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Domingos Dalmau saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Jeronimo Gitano hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. COSQUIN SFC's Domingos Dalmau proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save COSQUIN SFC from getting a goal against them. Domingos Dalmau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Meng Mo Feng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. COSQUIN SFC's Domingos Dalmau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Ascani in the 68th minute of play. 68 minutes in the game, Alberto Ascani dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Domingos Dalmau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Meng Mo Feng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Julián Alvarez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Huang Hao Chuan was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Claudio Mattioli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Domingos Dalmau made a huge save. 82 minutes into the match, COSQUIN SFC's goal looked a bit too open when Meng Mo Feng came free, but Domingos Dalmau reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Domingos Dalmau made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Meng Mo Feng sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, forsal FC's Sandaili Solbeida got a free kick in the 95th minute. Jeronimo Gitano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Huang Hao Chuan having to interfere.