U23 League

Cereal Jets
Spectators: 207 (Terracing: 156, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Ilkka Markkula proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Club Deportes Santa Cruz from getting a goal against them. The corner ended in Maxwell Eddy almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Ilkka Markkula did a great save. Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Ilkka Markkula played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Ferdinand in the 11th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Vancouver Reds's Nicolas Baggett got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 18th minute Podador Raheiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Omar Duardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When 陆西迅 fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vancouver Reds's protests and gave 陆西迅 a yellow card for diving instead. Shi Yuan hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. In the 24th match minute, Club Deportes Santa Cruz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yan Zhi Chuan to maneuver through the defense. After 30 played minutes Rodrigo Ferdinand rounded Club Deportes Santa Cruz's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Ilkka Markkula made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Rodrigo Ferdinand sent off a good shot on target. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Marcus Edström was substituted for Raimundo Tupper. Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Trayko Gradinarski was substituted for Podador Raheiro. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marcus Edström stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Vancouver Reds's goalkeeper Omar Duardo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Trayko Gradinarski. Ilkka Markkula made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 陆西迅 in the 62nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that 陆西迅's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilkka Markkula was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Omar Duardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yan Zhi Chuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Yan Zhi Chuan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Omar Duardo was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Vancouver Reds's Reuben Bunch got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 74th match minute, Vancouver Reds was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Reuben Bunch to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rolando Solares in the 75th minute of play forced Vancouver Reds's goalkeeper Omar Duardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute Rodrigo Ferdinand shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilkka Markkula saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Club Deportes Santa Cruz's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Maxwell Eddy was slow to take the kick. During this time Vancouver Reds's players had a chance to rest. Vancouver Reds's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Maxwell Eddy in the 81st minute. After taking down the ball on Vancouver Reds's corner Maxwell Eddy fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ilkka Markkula quite easily take care of the ball. Ilkka Markkula stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rodrigo Ferdinand's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Omar Duardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yan Zhi Chuan in the 83rd minute of play. Omar Duardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus Edström, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Vancouver Reds's Omar Duardo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Vancouver Reds from getting a goal against them. Maxwell Eddy, 89 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Yan Zhi Chuan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Omar Duardo came out and tried to block the shot, but Yan Zhi Chuan slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 93rd minute. The Club Deportes Santa Cruz players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.