World League

Altar of Sacrifice
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Umberto Vale started the match with the kick off. After having played for 6 minutes, Christian Pelliccioni managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Raining Blood's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christian Pelliccioni was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Umberto Vale had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 20th minute of the match, Christian Pelliccioni got a very nice opportunity to score, but 李斐昂 was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 李斐昂 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Martinez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Raining Blood's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 白宁辉 was slow to take the kick. During this time 泾县Red-Star FC's players had a chance to rest. After a defensive mix-up in 泾县Red-Star FC's zone, Carlos Alberto Torres stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 李斐昂 came out of the goal and Carlos Alberto Torres tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 李斐昂 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Umberto Vale's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. 傅森岩's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but André Olsman read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 33 minutes, 李斐昂 successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. André Olsman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boudewijn Decoster in the 38th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Raining Blood's 李斐昂 threw himself towards the right post 40 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lautaro Martinez, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 泾县Red-Star FC's 杜源翀 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Wiliam Reis, made in the 41st minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christian Pelliccioni got free with 李斐昂 in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Boudewijn Decoster made a kick off. 傅森岩 came free with the goalkeeper in the 55th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and André Olsman could save by the left post. 韩延浩 charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 韩延浩 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 韩延浩 hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Raining Blood made a substitution. Jesus Niguel replaced Christian Pelliccioni. Raining Blood's Umberto Maia was substituted for Lautaro Martinez. After a rather tough play, 泾县Red-Star FC's 韩延浩 got a free kick in the 58th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Umberto Vale in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 李斐昂 saved 泾县Red-Star FC from getting behind. In the 64th match minute, Raining Blood was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wiliam Reis to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Raining Blood's André Olsman got control of the ball when 傅森岩 tried to sneak it across the goal line. André Olsman was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but 傅森岩 showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 70 minute of play. 泾县Red-Star FC made a substitution. 范康烽 replaced Boudewijn Decoster. An unexpectedly hard shot by Umberto Vale in the 75th minute of play forced 泾县Red-Star FC's goalkeeper 李斐昂 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85thth minute of the game Jesus Niguel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 泾县Red-Star FC's 李斐昂 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 89th minute, Umberto Vale made a precise shot to the right of 李斐昂. 泾县Red-Star FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. 92 minutes into the match, 泾县Red-Star FC's goal looked a bit too open when Umberto Vale came free, but 李斐昂 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 李斐昂 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jesus Niguel in the 93rd minute of the match. 93 minutes into the match, Jesus Niguel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 李斐昂. 泾县Red-Star FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jesus Niguel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Raining Blood had won after a very even match.