U18 World League

冠军球场
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 郭誉志 kicked off to start the match. In the 5th match minute, Oldham Athletic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leif Vedholm to maneuver through the defense. 苏辉轩 kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. A collision led to 干将莫邪足球俱乐部 getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. 孟晨强 hit a great ball. In the 19th match minute, Oldham Athletic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leif Vedholm to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the 干将莫邪足球俱乐部 defense, Agne Stor kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 沈思国. The 干将莫邪足球俱乐部 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 沈思国 should have stopped the shot. Karl-Erik Fransson might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 沈思国. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Karl-Erik Fransson ran back to his position shaking his head. 沈思国 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Erik Fransson in the 33rd minute of play. When 孟晨强 fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 干将莫邪足球俱乐部's protests and gave 孟晨强 a yellow card for diving instead. After 34 played minutes 干将莫邪足球俱乐部 got a freekick which was hit by 孟晨强. 郭誉志 hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Erik Fransson in the 37th minute of play forced 干将莫邪足球俱乐部's goalkeeper 沈思国 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute, Sören Petersson made a precise shot to the right of 沈思国. 干将莫邪足球俱乐部's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Agne Stor managed to get in a good position for a shot. Oldham Athletic's supporters rose to their feet, but Agne Stor was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 沈思国 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 沈思国 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Karl-Erik Fransson's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. 郭誉志 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Sonny Bergdal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Karl-Erik Fransson made a kick off. In the 51st match minute, 干将莫邪足球俱乐部 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 孟晨强 to maneuver through the defense. 彭彬思's late challenge caught a Oldham Athletic's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 彭彬思 helped the player get up and apologised. After 57 minutes of play, Oldham Athletic's Per-Erik Rydberg made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 沈思国 was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that 郭誉志's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sonny Bergdal was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. 郭誉志's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sonny Bergdal read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. Oscar Bäcklin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 沈思国 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 67th minute of play. Sören Petersson blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without 沈思国 having to make a save. 干将莫邪足球俱乐部's 沈思国 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Per-Erik Rydberg in the 79th minute of play. In the 94th minute Agne Stor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 沈思国 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The 干将莫邪足球俱乐部 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Oldham Athletic were clearly better and deserved to take the win.