Friendly League

Stadio Collegno
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Oliver Giroud got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Jorrin Briones 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. In the 6th match minute, Rapsodas Red Devils FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albert Camus to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to COLLEGNO F.C. getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Achille Villa hit a great ball. Jorrin Briones blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Xu Zheng Zhou having to make a save. In the 12th minute Jorrin Briones shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xu Zheng Zhou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xu Zheng Zhou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorrin Briones in the 13th minute of the match. Rapsodas Red Devils FC's Ferenc Tököli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Haroldo Erruki in the 16th minute of play. With a little luck, Rapsodas Red Devils FC's Ferenc Tököli got control of the ball when Haroldo Erruki tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the COLLEGNO F.C. defense, Jorrin Briones kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Xu Zheng Zhou. The COLLEGNO F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Xu Zheng Zhou should have stopped the shot. Damián Alcazar blasted a shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Xu Zheng Zhou having to make a save. In the 30th minute, Jorrin Briones left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rapsodas Red Devils FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 34th minute Haroldo Erruki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ferenc Tököli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorrin Briones in the 36th minute of play forced COLLEGNO F.C.'s goalkeeper Xu Zheng Zhou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luís Paulo da Fonseca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xu Zheng Zhou having to interfere. In the 40thth minute of the game Jorrin Briones who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but COLLEGNO F.C.'s Xu Zheng Zhou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jorrin Briones in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Xu Zheng Zhou saved COLLEGNO F.C. from getting behind. Xu Yuan Ting hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

51 minutes in the game, Kerim De Bruyne fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Xu Zheng Zhou having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jorrin Briones got free with Xu Zheng Zhou in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Xu Zheng Zhou didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jorrin Briones went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Rapsodas Red Devils FC made a substitution. Jerrold Taranco replaced Luís Paulo da Fonseca. Jerrold Taranco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Xu Zheng Zhou made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in COLLEGNO F.C.'s zone, Cristiano Salah stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Xu Zheng Zhou came out of the goal and Cristiano Salah tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jerrold Taranco got free with Xu Zheng Zhou in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 66th minute, Rapsodas Red Devils FC's Jerrold Taranco ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Xu Zheng Zhou. Xu Zheng Zhou yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Salah in the 75th minute of play forced COLLEGNO F.C.'s goalkeeper Xu Zheng Zhou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rapsodas Red Devils FC's Cristiano Salah was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 76th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristiano Salah in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Xu Zheng Zhou saved COLLEGNO F.C. from getting behind. 83 minutes into the match, COLLEGNO F.C.'s goalkeeper Xu Zheng Zhou had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristiano Salah. 89 minutes into the match, Rapsodas Red Devils FC's Cristiano Salah sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Xu Zheng Zhou narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Cristiano Salah's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xu Zheng Zhou was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Cristiano Salah put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Xu Zheng Zhou. In the 97th minute Cristiano Salah shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xu Zheng Zhou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Rapsodas Red Devils FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.