U23 World League

Hamikovo
Spectators: 7663 (Terracing: 5748, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Anfilogino Vani started the match with the kick off. I ritirandi di Canaus's Daniele Raniolo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Gedeon in the 8th minute of play. If Anfilogino Vani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Li Wei Nan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anfilogino Vani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emiliano Firmani in the 24th minute of play forced FC Lions Levice's goalkeeper Li Wei Nan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. I ritirandi di Canaus's Anfilogino Vani got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Li Wei Nan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anfilogino Vani in the 35th minute of play. Wang Si Fei sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of FC Lions Levice booed when I ritirandi di Canaus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fortunato Puja didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Daniel Tischler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tibor Hrádek charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tibor Hrádek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 47th match minute, FC Lions Levice was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tibor Hrádek to maneuver through the defense.

Daniele Raniolo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Tischler in the 51st minute of the match. Daniele Raniolo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Gedeon in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th minute, Fortunato Puja hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Fortunato Puja was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 59 minutes had been played. Fortunato Puja kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Daniele Raniolo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Grenčík in the 60th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, I ritirandi di Canaus's Emiliano Firmani got a free kick in the 62nd minute. 63 minutes into the match, I ritirandi di Canaus's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Tischler came free, but Daniele Raniolo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Daniele Raniolo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Tischler in the 65th minute of the match. In the 66th match minute, FC Lions Levice was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tibor Hrádek to maneuver through the defense. František Cangár fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Daniele Raniolo having to interfere. Daniele Raniolo came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by FC Lions Levice's Gabriel Gedeon. But to his dismay, Gabriel Gedeon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Daniele Raniolo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wang Si Fei, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. 78 minutes into the match, Wang Si Fei notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of I ritirandi di Canaus's Daniele Raniolo. Daniele Raniolo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mac Caron hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 82nd minute, Pavol Hospodár left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Lions Levice fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Li Wei Nan was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and Emiliano Firmani capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Emiliano Firmani really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. Elia Di Lorenzo's late challenge caught a FC Lions Levice's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Elia Di Lorenzo helped the player get up and apologised. Ľubomír Vidlička kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. FC Lions Levice had played much better football throughout.