U23 World League

Ampthill Park
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcelino Playo got the match started through his kick off. Adolf Jesus might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Travis Walters. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adolf Jesus ran back to his position shaking his head. Travis Walters showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adolf Jesus, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. A collision led to Ampthill FC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Sid Barber hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Ampthill FC's Sid Barber got a free kick in the 7th minute. ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon's Adolf Jesus got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 18 minutes into the game, Zak Teo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ampthill FC the free kick. Ampthill FC's Dave Ferrell was substituted for Sebastian Speed. In the 18th match minute, ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zak Teo to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Ampthill FC getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Brendon Allanson hit a great ball. Travis Walters didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adolf Jesus went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. If Adolf Jesus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Adolf Jesus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Travis Walters showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adolf Jesus, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. After some careless play in the Ampthill FC defense, Adolf Jesus kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Travis Walters. The Ampthill FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Travis Walters should have stopped the shot. After 36 played minutes Ampthill FC got a freekick which was hit by Cao Chuan Zheng. When 彭勇邦 came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon 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 彭勇邦 couldn't finish the play. In the 39th minute Adolf Jesus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Travis Walters saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Adolf Jesus ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Travis Walters was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adolf Jesus to make the kick off. Travis Walters came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon's Adolf Jesus. But to his dismay, Adolf Jesus quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. The supporters of Ampthill FC booed when ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. 鲁峰树 didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelino Playo in the 63rd minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon's goalkeeper 顾斌迅 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute, 冰谷 航母 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 71 minutes into the game, Isaac Hermon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Travis Walters was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ampthill FC's goalkeeper Travis Walters, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a little luck, Ampthill FC's Travis Walters got control of the ball when Adolf Jesus tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 79th minute, Adolf Jesus made a precise shot to the right of Travis Walters. Ampthill FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. If Adolf Jesus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adolf Jesus got free with Travis Walters in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 彭勇邦 hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. The supporters of Ampthill FC booed when ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. 鲁峰树 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Adolf Jesus succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-7 in the 90th playminute. Travis Walters was a little too slow when Adolf Jesus got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 93rd minute. The score was now 0-8.