U23 World League

Pipon Pipon Field
Spectators: 7703 (Terracing: 5779, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lanny Valle took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Lanny Valle notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Ampthill FC's Travis Walters. Travis Walters was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Clemente Armani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcelino Playo in the 10th minute of play. Clemente Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelino Playo in the 13th minute of the match. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Clemente Armani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Speed in the 14th minute of play. After 16 played minutes Ampthill FC got a freekick which was hit by Conal Knight-Percival. The audience was convinced that Marcelino Playo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clemente Armani was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Cao Chuan Zheng hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Clemente Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Speed, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Clemente Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Speed in the 29th minute of play. Travis Walters was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Kelly Hopson showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 30 minute of play. Brendon Allanson lost his temper 36 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After a rather tough play, Ampthill FC's Brendon Allanson got a free kick in the 36th minute. 37 minutes into the match, Ampthill FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jose José came free, but Travis Walters reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 37 played minutes Ampthill FC got a freekick which was hit by Tod Hay. 42 minutes into the match, Ampthill FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jose José came free, but Travis Walters reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-1.

C. A. Pipon Pipon's Colby Wheeler was substituted for Stewart Kerns. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marcelino Playo made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelino Playo in the 53rd minute of play forced C. A. Pipon Pipon's goalkeeper Clemente Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute, Lanny Valle 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 5-1. After some careless play in the Ampthill FC defense, Jose José 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. 64 minutes into the match, C. A. Pipon Pipon's goalkeeper Clemente Armani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcelino Playo. Clemente Armani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcelino Playo in the 66th minute. After 74 minutes of play, C. A. Pipon Pipon's Lanny Valle made it 7-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Travis Walters was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 81st minute, Ampthill FC's Marcelino Playo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Clemente Armani. Clemente Armani yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 7-2. After 83 minutes, Kelly Hopson made it 8-2 with a short kick to the right side. Ampthill FC's Travis Walters tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Danial Lefler was substituted for Jamel Cronshagen. Kelly Hopson scored 9-2 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Travis Walters, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jose José hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. In the 96th minute, Kelly Hopson 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 10-2. Ampthill FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.