U18 World League

伯爵联队
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) 5 minutes into the game, Rudy Yi-Sheng was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nagrand's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 山东聊城老伯爵联队 the free kick. After a rather tough play, Nagrand's Rudy Yi-Sheng got a free kick in the 5th minute. 山东聊城老伯爵联队's 乔卫翀 shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 5th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Alam Dyce but with some difficulty. When 陆挺洋 in the 7th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Alam Dyce kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 1-0 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. 楚迪常 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Alam Dyce made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faizal Sim in the 12th minute of play forced 山东聊城老伯爵联队's goalkeeper 康森潮 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rudy Yi-Sheng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 康森潮 having to interfere. After 19 minutes of play, Nagrand's Faizal Sim made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 康森潮 was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Firdauz Nair had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 楚迪常 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Alam Dyce tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 尤然震 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Faizal Sim received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. 康森潮 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 钱浩朗 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alam Dyce having to make a save. 山东聊城老伯爵联队's 尤然震 got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 40 minutes into the game, 尤然震 recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alam Dyce. 尤然震 showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. Nagrand's Alam Dyce played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 陆挺洋 in the 45th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 陆挺洋 in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alam Dyce saved Nagrand from getting behind. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Faizal Sim to make the kick off. A collision led to Nagrand getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Faiz Seah hit a great ball. Alam Dyce didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 尤然震 went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Alam Dyce showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 尤然震 in the 61st minute of the match. If 尤然震 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alam Dyce showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 陆挺洋 in the 64th minute of the match. Alam Dyce made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 陆挺洋 in the 67th minute of play. Alam Dyce showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 陆挺洋, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. If Firdauz Nair had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 尤然震's late challenge caught a Nagrand's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 尤然震 helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to 山东聊城老伯爵联队 getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. 尤然震 hit a great ball. Through an outstanding action, after 79 minutes, 康森潮 successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Alam Dyce took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 尤然震, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 83 minutes into the game, 山东聊城老伯爵联队's 钱浩朗 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alam Dyce made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. Alam Dyce made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 陆挺洋 in the 87th minute of play. After 89 played minutes, 山东聊城老伯爵联队's 楚迪常 shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Alam Dyce came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in 山东聊城老伯爵联队 reached it. 90 minutes into the match, Rudy Yi-Sheng notched a goal, 5-2, to the right of 山东聊城老伯爵联队's 康森潮. 康森潮 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nagrand's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.