U23 World League

Fara Park
Spectators: 7564 (Terracing: 5674, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) Farafulla FC's Anfilogino Benvenuto 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. In the 3rd minute, Royal Knights FC's 马岚寒 seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed 马岚寒 the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Royal Knights FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and 马岚寒 had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The supporters of Farafulla FC booed when Royal Knights FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. 马岚寒 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cristo Cordara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alessandro Mazzetti, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Anıl Ege Karluk lost his temper 8 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 8 minutes into the game, one of Farafulla FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The supporters of Royal Knights FC booed when Farafulla FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Federico Piacente didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cristo Cordara made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anfilogino Benvenuto in the 14th minute. After 14 played minutes Anfilogino Benvenuto rounded Royal Knights FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Dave Valeriani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manu Smets, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. A collision led to Royal Knights FC getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Marcel Corrêa hit a great ball. In the 22nd minute, Royal Knights FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Alessandro Mazzetti fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 33rd minute, Carlos Lima left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Royal Knights FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Carlos Lima struck a weak shot in the 37th minute. Dave Valeriani didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Royal Knights FC. Kobe Van Cleijnenbreughel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Cristo Cordara made a huge save. If Carlos Lima had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Carlos Lima stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cristo Cordara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kobe Van Cleijnenbreughel in the 52nd minute of play. Cristo Cordara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anfilogino Benvenuto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 蔡辉海 kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. In the 58th minute of the match Wang Shu Sheng shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cristo Cordara showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 59 minutes into the game, Farafulla FC's Alessandro Mazzetti nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cristo Cordara made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. If Manu Smets had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 68th minute Carlos Lima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dave Valeriani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Farafulla FC's Dave Valeriani got control of the ball when Manu Smets tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcel Corrêa got free with Dave Valeriani in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alessandro Mazzetti in the 77th minute of play forced Royal Knights FC's goalkeeper Cristo Cordara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carlos Lima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manu Smets struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Dave Valeriani didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Royal Knights FC. Cristo Cordara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessandro Mazzetti in the 87th minute of play. Farafulla FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wang Shu Sheng in the 88th minute. A nice corner shot did that Wang Shu Sheng got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cristo Cordara quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Royal Knights FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.