U23 World League

Sleepy Hollow
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 140) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Benjamin Sykes got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of CF Eleven Lions 2007 booed when The Handsome Wizards UTD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benjamin Sykes didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 3 played minutes CF Eleven Lions 2007 got a freekick which was hit by Kris Palmann. CF Eleven Lions 2007's Nastasio Depsch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benjamin Sykes in the 6th minute of play. Benjamin Sykes who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 16thth minute tested the skills of Nastasio Depsch when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Delmiro Daiber hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Nastasio Depsch made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ash Crowther in the 24th minute of play. Ash Crowther's late challenge caught a CF Eleven Lions 2007's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ash Crowther helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to The Handsome Wizards UTD getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Ash Crowther hit a great ball. The supporters of The Handsome Wizards UTD booed when CF Eleven Lions 2007 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alipio Mac Intyre didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of The Handsome Wizards UTD booed when CF Eleven Lions 2007 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manuel Granados didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in CF Eleven Lions 2007's zone, Nathanial Weeks stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nastasio Depsch came out of the goal and Nathanial Weeks tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nastasio Depsch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamin Sykes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Franco Cannavaro charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Franco Cannavaro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Franco Cannavaro kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. The supporters of The Handsome Wizards UTD booed when CF Eleven Lions 2007 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Franco Cannavaro didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, CF Eleven Lions 2007's Nastasio Depsch got control of the ball when Benjamin Sykes tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

In the 52nd match minute, The Handsome Wizards UTD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Basiel Kindermans to maneuver through the defense. When Victoro Maira came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the CF Eleven Lions 2007 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 Victoro Maira couldn't finish the play. Nastasio Depsch stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Benjamin Sykes's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. The supporters of CF Eleven Lions 2007 booed when The Handsome Wizards UTD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. John Lynch didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 58 minutes, Victoro Maira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CF Eleven Lions 2007's supporters crossed their fingers, but Victoro Maira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Benjamin Sykes took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nastasio Depsch. Nastasio Depsch dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Nastasio Depsch showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin Sykes in the 82nd minute of the match. After 83 played minutes The Handsome Wizards UTD got a freekick which was hit by Tyler Ball. Nastasio Depsch came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by The Handsome Wizards UTD's Ash Crowther. But to his dismay, Ash Crowther quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. In the 95th minute, Ash Crowther left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The The Handsome Wizards UTD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0.