U18 World League

Old Trafford Stadium
Spectators: 7714 (Terracing: 5787, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Koos de Kort kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Twan Tieleman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 龙思威 was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in ❦2023❃昕逸航❃铜山古城❥小岛时光❦'s zone, Nigel Willemse stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 龙思威 came out of the goal and Nigel Willemse tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 龙思威 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Twan Tieleman in the 9th minute of the match. After some careless play in the ❦2023❃昕逸航❃铜山古城❥小岛时光❦ defense, Twan Tieleman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 龙思威. The ❦2023❃昕逸航❃铜山古城❥小岛时光❦ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 龙思威 should have stopped the shot. 王彬棋's late challenge caught a FFC Merainies 03's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 王彬棋 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 14th match minute, ❦2023❃昕逸航❃铜山古城❥小岛时光❦ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 王彬棋 to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nigel Willemse in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 龙思威 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of FFC Merainies 03 booed when ❦2023❃昕逸航❃铜山古城❥小岛时光❦ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. 程桑钢 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jan Hoven hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. In the 24th minute, 许威夕 sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and FFC Merainies 03's Bertus Waldijk didn't even have to move. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 温宇悦 during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 温宇悦 kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. FFC Merainies 03's Koos de Kort got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to FFC Merainies 03 getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Arnold Boer hit a great ball. In the 33rd minute of the match 许威夕 shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bertus Waldijk showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. With a little luck, FFC Merainies 03's Bertus Waldijk got control of the ball when 王彬棋 tried to sneak it across the goal line. René van Hintum sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as 楚鹰延 kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Bertus Waldijk. That made the score 1-3 in the 45 minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and 楚鹰延 made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, 楚鹰延 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bertus Waldijk. FFC Merainies 03's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 楚鹰延 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. 姜桑森's late challenge caught a FFC Merainies 03's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 姜桑森 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 56th minute, 姜桑森 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jochem Maes missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 57 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the 龙思威 right hand side. Nigel Willemse fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 龙思威 having to interfere. Bertus Waldijk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 龙洋兴 in the 62nd minute of the match. Nigel Willemses short, quick shot in the 68thth minute got 龙思威 to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Bertus Waldijk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 龙洋兴 in the 75th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by 杜亮奕 in the 82nd minute of play forced FFC Merainies 03's goalkeeper Bertus Waldijk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to FFC Merainies 03 getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Gerrie Höhenstein hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by 楚鹰延 in the 88th minute of play forced FFC Merainies 03's goalkeeper Bertus Waldijk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 89 minutes, 王彬棋 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ❦2023❃昕逸航❃铜山古城❥小岛时光❦'s supporters crossed their fingers, but 王彬棋 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 93 minutes into the match, 楚鹰延 notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of FFC Merainies 03's Bertus Waldijk. Bertus Waldijk was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.