Game Overview
The “2018 Legends Return World All-Star Football Game China Tournament — Shenzhen” held in Shenzhen Bao’an Sports Center drew to an end with European Star Team’s victory at 4-3 against World Star Team. Shevchenko delivered two consecutive goals for European Star Team which helped to won the final. Total of 36 world class star players participated in the game, bringing a fabulous live show to 23,000 audiences who came for the game. Each goal scored represented the players’ highest techniques and their outstanding cooperation spirit. Beside sharp and unique techniques, which was as wonderful as before, these fabulous stars also brought back the most nostalgic, splendid football times to their Chinese and worldwide fans.
Nostalgic and demonstrative-oriented though, all the players from the very beginning showed their expertise as expected. Hot players from each team were strongly supported by their team members who created every possible opportunity to help them perform the best. As players in World Star Team continued to create striking moment for Batistuta, the European Star Team, on the other side, produced great many killer passes for Shevchenko. Unfortunately Shevchenko didn’t make his chance to score. His team member Gu Li and Jiu Li however, the less spotlighted, scored twice for the team and made the sides level at 2-2. As the game went into the second half, Crespo played in Batistuta’s place, while Shevchenko was waiting for his chance to strike. Legendarily, Shevchenko finally achieved two consecutive scores and made himself the whole spotlight of the game. The victory two scores also pushed the game to the highest excitement, as audiences all crazed and shouted for his outstanding performance. Shevchenko was crowned as the best player, thus marking the successful end of the game.
As this whole summer is enriched with football passion, these 36 former outstanding football stars from ten countries gathered in Shenzhen and delivered a wonderful game performance. It took millions of audiences back to those good old days when they spent their most passionate youth times with their favourite stars of unique character: Maldini, Mr honesty; Batistuta--the violent shooter and “battle warrior”; Totti--Prince of Rome; Shevchenko-- talented “Ukraine nuclear warhead”...
It was a game and more than that. It draws back a generation’s memory and motion to these forever-shining football heroes.
