U18 World League

ELLAND ROAD
Spectators: 7527 (Terracing: 5646, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 潘振超 got the match started through his kick off. In the 8th match minute, ≮王者归来≯虎王出山 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 彭凌晨 to maneuver through the defense. ≮王者归来≯虎王出山's 谢森雄 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save ≮王者归来≯虎王出山 from getting a goal against them. In the 14th match minute, ≮王者归来≯虎王出山 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 沈骏迅 to maneuver through the defense. 谢森雄 didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 19th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. In the 22nd minute, 韩铮镇 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 23rdth minute of the game Angel Calisto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ≮王者归来≯虎王出山's 谢森雄 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. René Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 彭凌晨 in the 24th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, Kaplan's goal looked a bit too open when 潘振超 came free, but René Higuita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Angel Calisto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 谢森雄 made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Abelardo Ledesma sent off a good shot on target. 38 minutes into the game, Jimeno Barros was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kaplan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ≮王者归来≯虎王出山 the free kick. 彭凌晨 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. René Higuita tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucio Soin got free with 谢森雄 in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 45th minute Angel Calisto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 谢森雄 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 48th minute of the match Kaplan got a corner. ≮王者归来≯虎王出山's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lucio Soin ran over to the corner to take the kick. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After 56 played minutes ≮王者归来≯虎王出山 got a freekick which was hit by 彭凌晨. In the 57th minute, ≮王者归来≯虎王出山's 沈骏迅 seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed 沈骏迅 the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of ≮王者归来≯虎王出山 protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and 沈骏迅 had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 57th minute of the game. One of ≮王者归来≯虎王出山:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Kaplan:s goal. 65 minutes into the match, Kaplan's goal looked a bit too open when 彭凌晨 came free, but René Higuita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, 彭凌晨 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of René Higuita. Kaplan's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 彭凌晨 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Aristides Avellaneda kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. 谢森雄 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abelardo Ledesma went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Cosme Markel got a throw-in 80 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Aristides Avellaneda. After 81 minutes of play, Kaplan's Angel Calisto made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 谢森雄 was left in no man's land by his defense there! When 尤皓宇 fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ≮王者归来≯虎王出山's protests and gave 尤皓宇 a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯虎王出山 getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. 尤皓宇 hit a great ball. Lucio Soin took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 88th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for 谢森雄. ≮王者归来≯虎王出山's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Abelardo Ledesma kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. In the 98th match minute, Kaplan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aurelio Herauso to maneuver through the defense. 彭凌晨 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 99th minute. René Higuita tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. For all the effort they put into the match, the ≮王者归来≯虎王出山 players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Kaplan.