U21 World League

DFS Little Stadium
Spectators: 7618 (Terracing: 5714, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 余正文 got the match started through his kick off. With his leg 顾默岩 managed to avoid a goal in the 3rdth minute, when Delta FS's Telmo Miguéis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The supporters of 【AC】★御剑堂★华哥 booed when Delta FS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andaka Mellon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Paulo Esparteiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 谢响誉 in the 7th minute of play. After 9 minutes of play, Delta FS's Andaka Mellon made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 顾默岩 was left in no man's land by his defense there! Paulo Esparteiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 谢响誉, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 【AC】★御剑堂★华哥 were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Delta FS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. 方思强 took the corner. 方思强 made a great header on 【AC】★御剑堂★华哥's corner, it was just that Delta FS's Paulo Esparteiro managed to reach the ball for a save. When 龚冰阳 fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 【AC】★御剑堂★华哥's protests and gave 龚冰阳 a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, 【AC】★御剑堂★华哥's 龚冰阳 got a free kick in the 18th minute. 顾默岩 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andaka Mellon in the 19th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 余正文 in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Paulo Esparteiro saved Delta FS from getting behind. 龚冰阳 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulo Esparteiro having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Couto in the 31st minute of play forced 【AC】★御剑堂★华哥's goalkeeper 顾默岩 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 34 minutes of play 【AC】★御剑堂★华哥's 龚冰阳 was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Through an outstanding action, after 36 minutes, 顾默岩 successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 44th minute, 傅景耀 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 顾默岩 was a little too slow when Kevin Paião got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 46th minute. The score was now 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Andaka Mellon to strike the kick off in the second half. 何常兴 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulo Esparteiro having to interfere. 顾默岩 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Telmo Miguéis in the 60th minute of play. In the 62nd minute 谢响誉 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Esparteiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 64th match minute, Delta FS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laércio Malta to maneuver through the defense. In the 65th minute of the match 方思强 sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Paulo Esparteiro skillfully saved the ball. When Laércio Malta fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Delta FS's protests and gave Laércio Malta a yellow card for diving instead. In the 68th minute there was a penalty for 【AC】★御剑堂★华哥. 方思强 stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Paulo Esparteiro. 2-1. When 何常兴 fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 【AC】★御剑堂★华哥's protests and gave 何常兴 a yellow card for diving instead. In the 75th match minute, 【AC】★御剑堂★华哥 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 何常兴 to maneuver through the defense. 谢响誉 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that 谢响誉's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulo Esparteiro was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 81st minute, 谢响誉 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 谢响誉 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, 【AC】★御剑堂★华哥's 郭建弘 got a free kick in the 90th minute. 谢响誉 kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. After 92 played minutes, Delta FS's Nuno Marques shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper 顾默岩 came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Delta FS reached it. Delta FS's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.