U18 World League

釜溪河畔竞技场
Spectators: 8015 (Terracing: 6013, Seating: 1843, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when 鲁平誉 made the kick off which started today's match. After 5 minutes, 叶悦帆 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Falso Valencia CF and the Chinese CJ Youth Academy players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Falso Valencia CF's 叶悦帆 got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 7th minute 鲁平誉 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santiago Cañizares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santiago Cañizares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 鲁平誉 in the 7th minute of the match. The referee gave Chinese CJ Youth Academy a penalty, 13 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by 鲁平誉, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Falso Valencia CF's Santiago Cañizares. 0-1. CJ Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 曹雄洲, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when 康夕天 got free with CJ Kahn in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 郭棋坤 charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 郭棋坤 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 22 played minutes Chinese CJ Youth Academy got a freekick which was hit by 郭棋坤. An unexpectedly hard shot by 许泉棋 in the 27th minute of play forced Falso Valencia CF's goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 钱旭伟 during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Falso Valencia CF's 康夕天 got a free kick in the 30th minute. Santiago Cañizares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 鲁平誉 in the 35th minute of play. In the 38th minute, 许泉棋 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chinese CJ Youth Academy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After 45 minutes, Mauricio Pellegrino mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Falso Valencia CF and the Chinese CJ Youth Academy players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Falso Valencia CF getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Mauricio Pellegrino hit a great ball. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when 叶悦帆 made the kick off in the second half. 鲁平誉 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santiago Cañizares having to interfere. Falso Valencia CF's Santiago Cañizares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 鲁平誉 in the 58th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's 鲁平誉 broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. In the 65th minute, 姜翔适 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Falso Valencia CF's 康夕天 got a free kick in the 67th minute. 76 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when 曹雄洲 came free, but CJ Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If 许泉棋 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 曹雄洲 hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. After having played for 82 minutes, 许泉棋 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's supporters crossed their fingers, but 许泉棋 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by 吴光梁 in the 90th minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper CJ Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute, 叶卫枫 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Chinese CJ Youth Academy eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.