U18 League

Singapore City Stadi
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's Alam Hongyi 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. After some careless play in the ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd defense, 赵诚响 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Adam Mathews. The ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Adam Mathews should have stopped the shot. Adam Mathews showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 唐勇博, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. After 6 played minutes ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd got a freekick which was hit by Alam Paine. 尤榕桦 hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Adam Mathews showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 赵诚响 in the 12th minute of the match. ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's Adam Mathews played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 杜勇翀 in the 16th minute of play. Adam Mathews didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 杜勇翀 went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 宋翀平 came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's Alam Hongyi. But to his dismay, Alam Hongyi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. 唐勇博 charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 唐勇博 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 唐勇博 hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. The supporters of ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd booed when 【FLY】♋️小威亦逍遥 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. 曾峰坚 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Adam Mathews showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 杜勇翀, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 吴奕真 hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. 宋翀平 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jonathan Chai in the 35th minute. 36 minutes into the match, Alam Hongyi notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of 【FLY】♋️小威亦逍遥's 宋翀平. 宋翀平 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Adam Mathews stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 赵诚响's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. Merlin Chuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 43 minutes into the match, ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's goal looked a bit too open when 赵诚响 came free, but Adam Mathews reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 45 minutes into the match, 【FLY】♋️小威亦逍遥's goalkeeper 宋翀平 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alam Paine. After the first half 【FLY】♋️小威亦逍遥 were leading 2-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 赵诚响 to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when 赵诚响 got free with Adam Mathews in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's Mujahid Butcher got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 53rd minute, 【FLY】♋️小威亦逍遥's 赵诚响 ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Adam Mathews. Adam Mathews yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. After a defensive mix-up in ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's zone, 杜勇翀 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adam Mathews came out of the goal and 杜勇翀 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, 【FLY】♋️小威亦逍遥's 曾峰坚 got a free kick in the 69th minute. After 73 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd! Adam Mathews showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 杜勇翀, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. After 87 played minutes 【FLY】♋️小威亦逍遥 got a freekick which was hit by 姜云国. After a defensive mix-up in 【FLY】♋️小威亦逍遥's zone, Alam Paine stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 宋翀平 came out of the goal and Alam Paine tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 杜勇翀 was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 93rd minute. 【FLY】♋️小威亦逍遥's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. A collision led to ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Nicholas Hui hit a great ball. ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's Adam Mathews played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 杜勇翀 in the 95th minute of play. 宋翀平 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Merlin Chuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The 【FLY】♋️小威亦逍遥 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing 【FLY】♋️小威亦逍遥 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.