U21 World League

Monumental
Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Crabtree got the match started through his kick off. 6 minutes into the game, Daniel Crabtree was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Juventus Telford's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave LA MAQUINA F.C the free kick. After 6 played minutes Juventus Telford got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Crabtree. With his leg Shane Brindley managed to avoid a goal in the 8thth minute, when LA MAQUINA F.C's Dalmacio Jeraldo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Shane Brindley took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Angel Benet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gao Chao Jing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Crabtree in the 15th minute of the match. Juventus Telford's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Teddy Winter in the 21st minute. After taking down the ball on Juventus Telford's corner Teddy Winter fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Gao Chao Jing quite easily take care of the ball. Gao Chao Jing took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Crabtree, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 25 minutes LA MAQUINA F.C's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Teddy Winter who took care of the corner kick. Gao Chao Jing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Crabtree in the 28th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 30 minutes, Shane Brindley successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The audience was convinced that Rogelio Fliz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Shane Brindley was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. 40 minutes into the match, LA MAQUINA F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Alastair Wishart came free, but Gao Chao Jing reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Daniel Crabtree had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Juventus Telford's Daniel Crabtree got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, LA MAQUINA F.C's Manuel Dolfos got a free kick in the 44th minute. Marco Leoni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dalmacio Jeraldo to strike the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Manuel Dolfos during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Dalmacio Jeraldo might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Shane Brindley. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dalmacio Jeraldo ran back to his position shaking his head. Dalmacio Jeraldo scored 1-0 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Shane Brindley, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tris Hurst in the 69th minute of play forced LA MAQUINA F.C's goalkeeper Gao Chao Jing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, LA MAQUINA F.C's goalkeeper Gao Chao Jing had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Crabtree. Angel Benet hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. After 74 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for LA MAQUINA F.C! Shane Brindley took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dalmacio Jeraldo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to LA MAQUINA F.C getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Angel Benet hit a great ball. After 88 minutes of play, Juventus Telford's Daniel Crabtree made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gao Chao Jing was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gao Chao Jing made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Daniel Crabtree sent off a good shot on target. Juventus Telford were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.