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Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Armando Polidori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yu Bing Hong in the 4th minute of play. In the 4thth minute of the game Yu Bing Hong who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but XMAS's Armando Polidori was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 6 minutes into the game, one of XMAS:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by XMAS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yu Bing Hong was slow to take the kick. During this time Rossangeles's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Rossangeles's Sílvio Luís Secco getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. XMAS's Armando Polidori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yu Bing Hong in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th minute of the match Rossangeles got a corner. XMAS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yu Bing Hong ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Attilio Bice heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Jeremie Hendrickx took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Armando Polidori to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeremie Hendrickx in the 22nd minute of play forced XMAS's goalkeeper Armando Polidori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Rossangeles's Armando Polidori threw himself towards the right post 23 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Yu Bing Hong, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Armando Polidori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeremie Hendrickx in the 27th minute of the match. If Wang Feng had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Yu Bing Hong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 34 minutes into the match, XMAS's goal looked a bit too open when Wang Feng came free, but Armando Polidori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Rossangeles were awarded a corner. Yu Bing Hong went to the cornerflag to take it. 37 minutes into the match, XMAS's goalkeeper Armando Polidori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wang Feng. Rossangeles's Jiang Bing Ning played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernesto Minichiello in the 40th minute of play. Yu Bing Hong received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Armando Polidori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 48 minutes into the match, Yu Bing Hong notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of XMAS's Armando Polidori. Armando Polidori was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Jeremie Hendrickx sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 57 minutes into the match, Rossangeles's goalkeeper Jiang Bing Ning had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fabrizio Eboli. The audience was convinced that Yu Bing Hong's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armando Polidori was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Rossangeles's zone, Ciccio Capaldo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jiang Bing Ning came out of the goal and Ciccio Capaldo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The Rossangeles fans' excitement grew in the 67th match minute when Rossangeles's Yu Bing Hong looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Jeremie Hendrickx might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Armando Polidori. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jeremie Hendrickx ran back to his position shaking his head. Jiang Bing Ning took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberigo Gianfrancesco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Jeremie Hendrickx came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Rossangeles fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jeremie Hendrickx couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yu Bing Hong in the 80th minute of play forced XMAS's goalkeeper Armando Polidori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Armando Polidori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yu Bing Hong in the 81st minute of the match. The Rossangeles fans' excitement grew in the 82nd match minute when Rossangeles's Yu Bing Hong looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Rossangeles's Joaquin Ponte was substituted for Yu Bing Hong. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind XMAS's goalkeeper Armando Polidori, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquin Ponte in the 88th minute of play forced XMAS's goalkeeper Armando Polidori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jiang Bing Ning stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alberigo Gianfrancesco's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. Armando Polidori didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joaquin Ponte went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind XMAS's goalkeeper Armando Polidori, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 96 minutes XMAS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Carmine Bassani who took care of the corner kick. Rossangeles were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of XMAS for a fine match.