U18 World League

水滴球场
Spectators: 7728 (Terracing: 5797, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) 李傲远 made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to 『挑战者』兄弟·努力 getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. 江亮竞 hit a great ball. 莫晨勇 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavian Fäh having to interfere. In the 9th match minute, 『挑战者』兄弟·努力 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 高广夕 to maneuver through the defense. When Freeman Mächler came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Espen Steelers fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Freeman Mächler couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the 『挑战者』兄弟·努力 defense, Bryan Rohner kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 王霆铮. The 『挑战者』兄弟·努力 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 王霆铮 should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Freeman Mächler in the 17th minute of play forced 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's goalkeeper 王霆铮 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute of the match, 莫晨勇 tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Flavian Fäh saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Hubert Gartenmann's late challenge caught a 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hubert Gartenmann helped the player get up and apologised. Flavian Fäh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 李傲远, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 李傲远 in the 26thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Flavian Fäh, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 39 minutes of play, 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's 许风荣 made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Flavian Fäh was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Bryan Rohner in the 43rd minute of play forced 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's goalkeeper 王霆铮 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Harrison Muntwyler made the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 李傲远 in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Flavian Fäh prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Bryan Rohner took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for 王霆铮 to make any attempt to save it. In the 58th minute, Espen Steelers's Bryan Rohner dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by 莫晨勇 in the 64th minute of play forced Espen Steelers's goalkeeper Flavian Fäh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Falko Reimann kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. In the 66th minute, Falko Reimann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 71st minute, one of Espen Steelers:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Espen Steelers. The referee gave 『挑战者』兄弟·努力 a penalty, 72 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by 余树烨, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Espen Steelers's Flavian Fäh. 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bryan Rohner in the 76th minute of play forced 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's goalkeeper 王霆铮 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 王霆铮 was out of position in the 80 minute of play, and Philipp Junod capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Philipp Junod really showed his touch with that goal: 2-4. Espen Steelers's Flavian Fäh played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 莫晨勇 in the 84th minute of play. 莫晨勇 scored 3-4 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Flavian Fäh, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 88th minute 莫晨勇 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavian Fäh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hans Pasquino got free with 王霆铮 in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 97th minute, Espen Steelers's Bryan Rohner ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind 王霆铮. 王霆铮 yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-5.