U23 World League

Estádio do Dragão
Spectators: 7448 (Terracing: 5587, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) Valdieri's Alvaro Cannavacciuolo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the game, 郑诚竞 threw the ball into play from the sideline. Valdieri's Alfonso Aloisi quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Anfilogino Di Santo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 何银鸿 in the 5th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, 何银鸿 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anfilogino Di Santo. Valdieri's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 何银鸿 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After 15 played minutes WOLVES FC got a freekick which was hit by 史鹏骏. In the 17th minute, 史鹏骏 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dennis Berardo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When 何银鸿 came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the WOLVES FC 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 何银鸿 couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Valdieri defense, 何银鸿 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anfilogino Di Santo. The Valdieri fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anfilogino Di Santo should have stopped the shot. 何银鸿 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Anfilogino Di Santo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvaro Cannavacciuolo in the 31st minute of play forced WOLVES FC's goalkeeper 黄亦宽 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute, Eraldo Ippoliti made a precise shot to the right of 黄亦宽. WOLVES FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. 黄亦宽 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvaro Cannavacciuolo, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alfonso Aloisi during the 38th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of WOLVES FC booed when Valdieri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfonso Aloisi didn't get a good kick on the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 何银鸿 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 谢鹏辰 kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. 57 minutes into the match, WOLVES FC's goalkeeper 黄亦宽 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alvaro Cannavacciuolo. 王帆枫's late challenge caught a Valdieri's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 王帆枫 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 59th minute, 王帆枫 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eraldo Ippoliti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 63rd match minute, WOLVES FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 雷烽桦 to maneuver through the defense. Ferdinando Morandin made in the 67th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Eraldo Ippoliti immediately put the ball in play. After a defensive mix-up in Valdieri's zone, 何银鸿 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anfilogino Di Santo came out of the goal and 何银鸿 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 70th minute, 何银鸿 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. WOLVES FC's 雷烽桦 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ferdinando Morandin, made in the 73rd minute of the game. In the 75th minute, 谢鹏辰 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anfilogino Di Santo came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by WOLVES FC's 何银鸿. But to his dismay, 何银鸿 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. If Dennis Berardo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ferdinando Morandin got a throw-in 88 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Eraldo Ippoliti. With a little luck, WOLVES FC's 黄亦宽 got control of the ball when Alvaro Cannavacciuolo tried to sneak it across the goal line. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. WOLVES FC were victorious despite being under pressure from Valdieri for much of the match.