U23 World League

Down Park
Spectators: 8412 (Terracing: 6309, Seating: 1935, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jamar Paige kicked off to start the match. Jose Eduino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Saturnin Darroja tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Saturnin Darroja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mo Qi Zheng, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 24 minutes into the match, Downchester City's goal looked a bit too open when Mo Qi Zheng came free, but Saturnin Darroja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 25th play minutes Jose Eduino shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Saturnin Darroja and just under the crossbar into goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kylian Henry in the 30th minute of play forced Downchester City's goalkeeper Saturnin Darroja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute Finn Nørrekilde shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saturnin Darroja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saturnin Darroja didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jose Eduino went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 41st match minute, Downchester City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vincente Serrano to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute of the match Hugo Holflod shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Saturnin Darroja showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 42 minutes into the game, Lin Sen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Downchester City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BK Skjold the free kick. Lin Sen hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. 47 minutes into the game, BK Skjold's Jose Eduino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Saturnin Darroja made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jose Eduino was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Jose Eduino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Saturnin Darroja was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kylian Henry in the 59th minute of play forced Downchester City's goalkeeper Saturnin Darroja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Saturnin Darroja made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Genaro Procopio sent off a good shot on target. Saturnin Darroja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mo Qi Zheng in the 64th minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Jose Eduino made a precise shot to the right of Saturnin Darroja. Downchester City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. In the 72nd minute, Jamar Paige got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Saturnin Darroja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kylian Henry in the 77th minute of play. Genaro Procopio took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Saturnin Darroja. Saturnin Darroja dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. Saturnin Darroja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mo Qi Zheng in the 81st minute of the match. The BK Skjold fans' excitement grew in the 84th match minute when BK Skjold's Mo Qi Zheng 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 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The crowd rose to their feet as BK Skjold's Mo Qi Zheng slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Saturnin Darroja. That made the score 0-9 after 91 minutes of play. Kylian Henry kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. The Downchester City fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. BK Skjold were clearly better and deserved to take the win.