U18 League

The Boozer
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) the sword of Damocles's 楚常梁 started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Robert Russell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 楚常梁 in the 4th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, 楚常梁 notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Flying Hellfish's Robert Russell. Robert Russell was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 15 minutes of play, the sword of Damocles's 齐升迅 made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robert Russell was left in no man's land by his defense there! Robert Russell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 楚常梁 in the 20th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Flying Hellfish's Peter Aylwin got a free kick in the 21st minute. After having played for 23 minutes, Edmonds Magnay managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Flying Hellfish's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edmonds Magnay was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 26 minutes into the match, Flying Hellfish's goal looked a bit too open when 邓兴强 came free, but Robert Russell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lawrence Sewell hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cregan Convine in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 郝峰真 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, the sword of Damocles's 陶响西 got a free kick in the 35th minute. A collision led to the sword of Damocles getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. 楚常梁 hit a great ball. 楚常梁 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Robert Russell having to interfere. 邓兴强 took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Robert Russell. Robert Russell dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Flying Hellfish's Robert Russell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 楚常梁 in the 46th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cregan Convine made a kick off. 郝峰真 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cregan Convine, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 64 minutes into the match, 邓兴强 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Robert Russell. Flying Hellfish's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 邓兴强 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. 楚常梁 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, 齐升迅 managed to get in a good position for a shot. the sword of Damocles's supporters rose to their feet, but 齐升迅 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Robert Russell breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that 楚常梁's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Robert Russell was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. the sword of Damocles's 郝峰真 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmonds Magnay in the 84th minute of play. 郝峰真 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cregan Convine, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. 邓兴强's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Robert Russell firmly grabbed it by the left post. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched the sword of Damocles eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.