U18 World League

天剑山竞技场
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when 韩强夕 made the kick off which started today's match. When Firdauz Nair came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Nagrand 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 Firdauz Nair couldn't finish the play. 范昂西 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Alam Dyce tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 10th minute, Faizal Sim left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nagrand fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 13 minutes into the game, 卓军弘 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ≮王者归来≯上海剑侠代表队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Nagrand the free kick. Faizal Sim succeeded in the game's 14th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. 范昂西 succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-2 in the 18th playminute. Alam Dyce didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 范昂西 went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 26th match minute, Nagrand was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faizal Sim to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when 范昂西 got free with Alam Dyce in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 28th minute ≮王者归来≯上海剑侠代表队 were awarded a corner. 韩强夕 went to the cornerflag to take it. 韩强夕 made a great header on ≮王者归来≯上海剑侠代表队's corner, it was just that Nagrand's Alam Dyce managed to reach the ball for a save. 严建迅 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Firdauz Nair, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. When 范昂西 came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the ≮王者归来≯上海剑侠代表队 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 范昂西 couldn't finish the play. Nagrand's Alam Dyce played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 韩强夕 in the 32nd minute of play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Faizal Sim made a kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, 范昂西 managed to get in a good position for a shot. ≮王者归来≯上海剑侠代表队's supporters rose to their feet, but 范昂西 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alam Dyce breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 卓军弘 was shown his second yellow card after 63 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of Nagrand booed when ≮王者归来≯上海剑侠代表队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. 卓军弘 didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 70 played minutes Nagrand got a freekick which was hit by Firdauz Nair. 严建迅 was out of position in the 82 minute of play, and Faizal Sim capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Faizal Sim really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. The ≮王者归来≯上海剑侠代表队 supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Nagrand's performance. The match ended with a win for Nagrand.