World League

Springfield Stadium
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zhao Feng kicked off to start the match. Víktor Freire made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhao Feng in the 5th minute of play. Youth Academy Of Rhye were furious when Fan Ping Ting was red carded, 8 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. A collision led to Youth Academy Of Rhye getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Fan Ping Ting hit a great ball. 11 minutes into the match, Ibirama Futebol Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Filiph Samuelsson came free, but Víktor Freire reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 14th minute, Sven Lind left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Youth Academy Of Rhye fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. With his leg Jonathan Vallin managed to avoid a goal in the 17thth minute, when Ibirama Futebol Clube's Marcinho Barros fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Youth Academy Of Rhye's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fred Kruuse in the 24th minute. Fred Kruuse made a great header on Youth Academy Of Rhye's corner, it was just that Ibirama Futebol Clube's Víktor Freire managed to reach the ball for a save. Youth Academy Of Rhye's Jonathan Vallin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Youth Academy Of Rhye from getting a goal against them. In the 26thth minute of the game Marcinho Barros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Youth Academy Of Rhye's Jonathan Vallin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Víktor Freire showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhao Feng, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 29th match minute, Ibirama Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ezequiel Negri to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudinho Fernandes in the 34th minute of play forced Youth Academy Of Rhye's goalkeeper Jonathan Vallin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Vallin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudinho Fernandes in the 38th minute of play. Ezequiel Negri kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. In the 46th minute, Fred Kruuse hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Claudinho Fernandes might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Vallin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Claudinho Fernandes ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 47th minute of the match, Claudinho Fernandes got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jonathan Vallin was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Claudinho Fernandes made the kick off in the second half. Agostinho Cabral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudinho Fernandes in the 54th minute of play forced Youth Academy Of Rhye's goalkeeper Jonathan Vallin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Youth Academy Of Rhye's Stig-Arne Sjöö got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 61st minute Claudinho Fernandes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Vallin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, Youth Academy Of Rhye's goal looked a bit too open when Claudinho Fernandes came free, but Jonathan Vallin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Vallin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudinho Fernandes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Agostinho Cabral charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Agostinho Cabral the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Agostinho Cabral kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. 74 minutes into the match, Youth Academy Of Rhye's goal looked a bit too open when Marcinho Barros came free, but Jonathan Vallin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ovidiu Istrate thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Jonathan Vallin, a very annoying self made goal in the 84th minute which led to 1-1. 87 minutes into the match, Youth Academy Of Rhye's goal looked a bit too open when Agostinho Cabral came free, but Jonathan Vallin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Ibirama Futebol Clube's Marcinho Barros in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Youth Academy Of Rhye's goalie prevented a goal. Víktor Freire didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Youth Academy Of Rhye's Zhao Feng shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. The Youth Academy Of Rhye supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Youth Academy Of Rhye would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.