Friendly League

Stamford Bridge
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Hugh Kennedy took the kick off in the first half of the match. Timothy Thorne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 7 played minutes AFC Chievo Verona got a freekick which was hit by Seb Hurdle. In the 8th minute, Stu Bullock sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and AFC Chievo Verona's Gürhan Yücel didn't even have to move. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dustin Schellander in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gürhan Yücel saved AFC Chievo Verona from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Timothy Thorne got free with Gürhan Yücel in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 17th minute, Wesley Battersby hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Real Chelsea's Wei Bing Ran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paul Poate in the 19th minute of play. Wei Bing Ran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paul Poate, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Gürhan Yücel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gus Weir in the 31st minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Real Chelsea's zone, Paul Poate stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wei Bing Ran came out of the goal and Paul Poate tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Chelsea's goalkeeper Wei Bing Ran, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Gürhan Yücel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gus Weir in the 40th minute of the match. After 42 played minutes Dustin Schellander rounded AFC Chievo Verona's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gus Weir in the 45th minute of play forced AFC Chievo Verona's goalkeeper Gürhan Yücel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gus Weir stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gus Weir in the 52nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gürhan Yücel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of Real Chelsea booed when AFC Chievo Verona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Noel Wiltshire didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gürhan Yücel came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by Real Chelsea's Gus Weir. But to his dismay, Gus Weir quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. When Real Chelsea's Dustin Schellander in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AFC Chievo Verona's goalie prevented a goal. Gürhan Yücel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dustin Schellander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 61 minutes, Gus Weir mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Chelsea and the AFC Chievo Verona players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 61st minute, Gus Weir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 64 played minutes AFC Chievo Verona got a freekick which was hit by Hugh Kennedy. Real Chelsea's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stu Bullock in the 68th minute. The corner ended in Timothy Thorne almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but AFC Chievo Verona's Gürhan Yücel did a great save. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Timothy Thorne put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Gürhan Yücel. After 72 minutes of play, Real Chelsea's Timothy Thorne made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gürhan Yücel was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Tyler Tolley in the 81st minute of play forced AFC Chievo Verona's goalkeeper Gürhan Yücel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tyler Tolley in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gürhan Yücel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Wei Bing Ran made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Samuel Linkletter sent off a good shot on target. Gürhan Yücel didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Real Chelsea's Dustin Schellander shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 91 minutes into the match, Dustin Schellander had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gürhan Yücel. AFC Chievo Verona's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dustin Schellander was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. Gürhan Yücel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timothy Thorne in the 96th minute of play. Real Chelsea's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.