U23 World League

Romolo Di Reto
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) 陈真钢 succeeded in the game's 3rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's 柯永平 got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If 陈真钢 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Franco Donatelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 江辰杰, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sao Brasola's Franco Donatelli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 陈真钢 in the 14th minute of play. Franco Donatelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 陈真钢 in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 陈真钢 in the 21st minute of play forced Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Franco Donatelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 25 minutes of play, ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's 陈真钢 made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Franco Donatelli was left in no man's land by his defense there! 陈真钢 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, 陈真钢 put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Franco Donatelli. 陈真钢 took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Franco Donatelli. Franco Donatelli dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. In the 45th minute, 陈真钢 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alessandro Ursini stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that 江辰杰's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Franco Donatelli was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. After 58 minutes of play, ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's 江辰杰 made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Franco Donatelli was left in no man's land by his defense there! 64 minutes into the game, 江辰杰 recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Franco Donatelli. 江辰杰 showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-9. In the 67th match minute, Sao Brasola was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arturo Cirelli to maneuver through the defense. 陈真钢 received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Franco Donatelli came out and tried to block the shot, but 陈真钢 slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 68th minute. In the 76th minute 陈真钢 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Donatelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dave 李明 struck a weak shot in the 81st minute. Franco Donatelli didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arturo Cirelli during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 booed when Sao Brasola was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arturo Cirelli didn't get a good kick on the ball. 陈真钢 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Franco Donatelli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 played a much better game than Sao Brasola and deserved their victory. The Sao Brasola players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.