U23 World League

Estádio Salgadao
Spectators: 8522 (Terracing: 6392, Seating: 1960, VIP seats: 170) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Şükür Hagi took the kick off in the first half of the match. Matt Ryan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Şükür Hagi in the 3rd minute of play. Grant Blacknell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teodoro Moreno in the 11th minute of play. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by Leicester Lions's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Siro Rainerio was slow to take the kick. During this time F.Salgado F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. Grant Blacknell had great luck who in the 13thth minute grab hold of the ball when Marek Tomporowski from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. After 14 minutes Leicester Lions's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Siro Rainerio who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on F.Salgado F.C.'s corner Siro Rainerio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Grant Blacknell quite easily take care of the ball. In the 18th minute Robert Macaneață shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grant Blacknell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matt Ryan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camron Rhodes in the 20th minute of play. Matt Ryan came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Leicester Lions's Camron Rhodes. But to his dismay, Camron Rhodes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The supporters of F.Salgado F.C. booed when Leicester Lions was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Will Lemerond didn't get a good kick on the ball. Matt Ryan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camron Rhodes in the 27th minute of play. When the match clock showed 27 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Şükür Hagi sped through F.Salgado F.C.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Matt Ryan. The supporters of F.Salgado F.C. booed when Leicester Lions was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexander Cheetham didn't get a good kick on the ball. 31 minutes into the game, F.Salgado F.C.'s Teodoro Moreno nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Grant Blacknell made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. In the 34thth minute of the game Teodoro Moreno who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Leicester Lions's Grant Blacknell was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. F.Salgado F.C.'s Matt Ryan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Şükür Hagi in the 36th minute of play. After 43 minutes of play, Leicester Lions's Şükür Hagi made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Matt Ryan was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Leicester Lions's Camron Rhodes got a free kick in the 45th minute. 47 minutes into the match, Leicester Lions's goalkeeper Grant Blacknell had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Robert Macaneață. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Teodoro Moreno made a kick off. Camron Rhodes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Matt Ryan made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Şükür Hagi in the 55th minute of play forced F.Salgado F.C.'s goalkeeper Matt Ryan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 minutes of play, F.Salgado F.C.'s Robert Macaneață made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Grant Blacknell was left in no man's land by his defense there! Matt Ryan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Camron Rhodes in the 60th minute. In the 62nd minute Teodoro Moreno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grant Blacknell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Macaneață hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. 65 minutes into the game, Leicester Lions's Şükür Hagi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Matt Ryan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-4. Will Patton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Matt Ryan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leicester Lions's Alexander-James Ford was substituted for Michal Budzyn. Grant Blacknell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teodoro Moreno in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Alpay Akbudun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sebastien Clifford took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 83rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Matt Ryan. F.Salgado F.C.'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 84th minute, Will Lemerond hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Siro Rainerio took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 85th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Grant Blacknell. Leicester Lions's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Qiu De Wen kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. The supporters of F.Salgado F.C. booed when Leicester Lions was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Will Lemerond didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 89th minute Siro Rainerio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grant Blacknell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Teodoro Moreno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 93 minutes into the match, Will Patton dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Matt Ryan, 2-5. With an all-out effort, Leicester Lions's Matt Ryan threw himself towards the right post 96 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Stu Hislop, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Leicester Lions had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.