U23 World League

Cereal Jets
Spectators: 9221 (Terracing: 6917, Seating: 2121, VIP seats: 183) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 倪泉坚 took the kick off in the first half of the match. Santana Armada showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 倪泉坚, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家 were awarded a corner. Sten Lilja went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that 郝冰思 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Santana Armada quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 8th minute, 倪泉坚 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's Jerônimo da Costa quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Roger Kohn, made in the 12th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 倪泉坚 in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Santana Armada saved Vancouver Reds from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saverio Niva in the 22nd minute of play forced 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's goalkeeper 高阳延 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If 倪泉坚 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saverio Niva in the 27th minute of play forced 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's goalkeeper 高阳延 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes into the match, 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's goal looked a bit too open when Saverio Niva came free, but 高阳延 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rios Ferdinand kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benicio Valentine in the 40th minute of play forced 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's goalkeeper 高阳延 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner led Vancouver Reds's Greger Sandström to fire away a dangerous shot which 高阳延 despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After a rather tough play, Vancouver Reds's Wágner Recife got a free kick in the 45th minute. After 46 played minutes, 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's Sten Lilja shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Santana Armada came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家 reached it. After the first half 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家 were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

After a rather tough play, 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's 温冰悦 got a free kick in the 53rd minute. 高阳延 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wágner Recife went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Vancouver Reds made a substitution. Jakub Kiwior replaced Bixente Lizarazu. 68 minutes into the match, 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's goal looked a bit too open when Benicio Valentine came free, but 高阳延 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute 倪泉坚 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santana Armada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Ferdinand in the 78th minute of play forced 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's goalkeeper 高阳延 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes into the match, 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Ferdinand came free, but 高阳延 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Vancouver Reds's zone, 倪泉坚 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Santana Armada came out of the goal and 倪泉坚 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vancouver Reds's Florentino Barrette was substituted for Wágner Recife. 高阳延 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Ferdinand, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rodrigo Ferdinand in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 高阳延 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 94th minute of the match Vancouver Reds got a corner. 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Greger Sandström ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Vancouver Reds's corner Greger Sandström fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and 高阳延 quite easily take care of the ball. After a rather tough play, 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家's Sten Lilja got a free kick in the 95th minute. 高阳延 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Ferdinand in the 96th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rodrigo Ferdinand in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 高阳延 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. 【AC】★御剑堂★梅州客家 had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.