U23 World League

Lions Den
Spectators: 8432 (Terracing: 6325, Seating: 1939, VIP seats: 168) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abram Elano made the kick off which started today's match. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Chupan Estad proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 2nd minute of the match, managed to save ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ from getting a goal against them. Chupan Estad was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Denzil Howarth showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 11 minute of play. Şükür Hagi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Elano in the 20th minute of play forced Leicester Lions's goalkeeper Grant Blacknell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 25 played minutes ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ got a freekick which was hit by Ruiz Ballet. In the 27thth minute of the game Şükür Hagi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Chupan Estad was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Chupan Estad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Şükür Hagi in the 29th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Şükür Hagi got free with Chupan Estad in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Camron Rhodes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chupan Estad was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Camron Rhodes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Chupan Estad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Chupan Estad managed to avoid a goal in the 39thth minute, when Leicester Lions's Şükür Hagi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Vitório de Medeiros hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Will Patton got free with Chupan Estad in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 48th minute, Leicester Lions's Şükür Hagi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Chupan Estad. Chupan Estad yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

After a rather tough play, ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Chupan Hoyo got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 57th match minute, Leicester Lions was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexander Cheetham to maneuver through the defense. Camron Rhodes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Chupan Estad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Malin Mac Kenna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 67 minutes, Ayi Sarumpaet made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Leicester Lions's Grant Blacknell tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Chupan Estad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Şükür Hagi in the 72nd minute of play. In the 77th minute Şükür Hagi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chupan Estad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 78th minute, Ayi Sarumpaet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leicester Lions's Jack Sharp was substituted for Alexander Cheetham. Ayi Sarumpaet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grant Blacknell having to interfere. After having played for 87 minutes, Camron Rhodes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leicester Lions's supporters crossed their fingers, but Camron Rhodes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 93 minutes into the game, Will Patton cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Chupan Estad was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tony Cheeseman hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. Grant Blacknell made a fantastic save in the 97th minute, when Yerko Son sent off a good shot on target. For all the effort they put into the match, the ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Leicester Lions.