U18 World League

中国•北京•鸟巢
Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6001, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 梅誉耀 took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7thth minute of the game 胡军冰 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ciruel Academy's Pedro Navarro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 史亦榕 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tio Cabezon in the 9th minute of the match. Paşa Bolas hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. After 15 played minutes ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 got a freekick which was hit by 王洲谦. 史亦榕 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Estebano Vuelta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 史亦榕 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tio Cabezon, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 史亦榕 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Estebano Vuelta in the 31st minute of the match. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 黄银迅 suffered a sore thigh after 33 minutes and couldn't finish the game. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 雷延洋 was substituted for 黄银迅. The supporters of ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 booed when Ciruel Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Estebano Vuelta didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Ciruel Academy's Estebano Vuelta got a free kick in the 36th minute. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. 庞谦轩 hit a great ball. 王洲谦 kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Thomas Morera hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tio Cabezon to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Puyol in the 55th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper 史亦榕 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tio Cabezon in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 史亦榕 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. José Puyol was slow to take the kick. During this time Ciruel Academy's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that José Puyol got away a dangerous shot. Despite this 史亦榕 quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 61st match minute, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 胡军冰 to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 胡军冰 got a free kick in the 63rd minute. 63 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper 史亦榕 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Estebano Vuelta. With 67 minutes on the clock, 肖霆雄 commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After a rather tough play, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 肖霆雄 got a free kick in the 67th minute. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 史亦榕 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 from getting a goal against them. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 史亦榕 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Puyol in the 70th minute of play. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 史亦榕 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 from getting a goal against them. 胡军冰 hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. 梅誉耀 charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 梅誉耀 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 80 played minutes ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 got a freekick which was hit by 梅誉耀. Estebano Vuelta received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. 史亦榕 came out and tried to block the shot, but Estebano Vuelta slotted it home off the left post making it 0-1 in the 83rd minute. 史亦榕 made an important save on a dangerous shot by José Puyol in the 86th minute. After 88 played minutes José Puyol rounded ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-2. José Puyol scored 0-3 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 史亦榕, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Ciruel Academy supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Ciruel Academy would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.