U18 World League

Genius Salon
Spectators: 7587 (Terracing: 5691, Seating: 1745, VIP seats: 151) 余庭康 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Creekers getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Nigel Skinner hit a great ball. 10 minutes into the game, 姚亮义 threw the ball into play from the sideline. Creekers's Sanford Adkins quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 15th minute, Desmond Patterson made a precise shot to the right of 康峰阳. ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. With an all-out effort, ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon's Kip Connelly threw himself towards the right post 19 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 余庭康, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 康峰阳 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Desmond Patterson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Desmond Patterson's late challenge caught a ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Desmond Patterson helped the player get up and apologised. Desmond Patterson kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. 白旭风 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kip Connelly having to interfere. 33 minutes into the match, Creekers's goal looked a bit too open when 白旭风 came free, but Kip Connelly reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 36 minutes into the game, 冯鹰洲 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Creekers the free kick. In the 40th minute 白旭风 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kip Connelly saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 45 minutes into the game, 冯鹰洲 threw the ball into play from the sideline. Creekers's Christopher Goss quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 余庭康 had several of the Creekers's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 47 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-1 score and a disappointed Kip Connelly as he didn't even see the shot coming. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

An unexpectedly hard shot by 秦政克 in the 56th minute of play forced Creekers's goalkeeper Kip Connelly to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the game, ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon's 余庭康 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kip Connelly made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, 余庭康 put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Kip Connelly. Kip Connelly showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 彭岩诚, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by 余庭康 in the 71st minute of play forced Creekers's goalkeeper Kip Connelly to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kip Connelly showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 彭岩诚 in the 76th minute of the match. Kip Connelly came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon's 余庭康. But to his dismay, 余庭康 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by 白旭风 in the 80th minute of play forced Creekers's goalkeeper Kip Connelly to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes into the match, 秦政克 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kip Connelly. Creekers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 秦政克 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-1. ≮王者归来≯Genius Salon's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.