U23 World League

Hooters HeavenlyHome
Spectators: 8401 (Terracing: 6301, Seating: 1932, VIP seats: 168) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 马真 took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit's goalkeeper 顾霖翀, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Phil Naylor in the 6th minute of play forced 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit's goalkeeper 顾霖翀 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 7 minutes 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marty King who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Brandon Wright managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. With a little luck, 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit's 顾霖翀 got control of the ball when Marty King tried to sneak it across the goal line. 顾霖翀 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Todd Griffiths went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After 27 minutes of play, Heavenly Hooters's Todd Griffiths made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 顾霖翀 was left in no man's land by his defense there! 顾霖翀 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Phil Naylor in the 32nd minute of the match. Heavenly Hooters were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Marty King took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Marty King got away a dangerous shot. Despite this 顾霖翀 quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 顾霖翀 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Phil Naylor, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. In the 36th minute, Shafiq Lee hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Heavenly Hooters's Marty King couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 37th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit. 顾霖翀 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Brandon Wright went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. 43 minutes in the game, Todd Griffiths dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Phil Naylor in the 44th minute of play forced 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit's goalkeeper 顾霖翀 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Todd Griffiths to make the kick off. 顾霖翀 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brandon Wright, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 顾霖翀 came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Heavenly Hooters's Todd Griffiths. But to his dismay, Todd Griffiths quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. A collision led to 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Jefferson da Cunha hit a great ball. After 57 played minutes, Heavenly Hooters's Marty King shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper 顾霖翀 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 Heavenly Hooters reached it. A collision led to 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Shafiq Lee hit a great ball. 61 minutes into the match, 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit's goal looked a bit too open when Phil Naylor came free, but 顾霖翀 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 顾霖翀 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Phil Naylor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 顾霖翀 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marty King in the 63rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Todd Griffiths in the 64th minute of play forced 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit's goalkeeper 顾霖翀 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit's 白坤思 got a free kick in the 65th minute. 顾霖翀 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brandon Wright, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 68 minutes into the match, 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit's goal looked a bit too open when Phil Naylor came free, but 顾霖翀 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 顾霖翀 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Phil Naylor, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jefferson da Cunha during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 71st match minute, 【AC】Black Dragon-Vit was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jefferson da Cunha to maneuver through the defense. In the 73rd match minute, Heavenly Hooters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Phil Naylor to maneuver through the defense. Heavenly Hooters's Pedro Luiz de Moraes was substituted for Marty King. In the 74th match minute, Heavenly Hooters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Phil Naylor to maneuver through the defense. 顾霖翀 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brandon Wright in the 76th minute of the match. 顾霖翀 came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Heavenly Hooters's Pedro Luiz de Moraes. But to his dismay, Pedro Luiz de Moraes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. 顾霖翀 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Todd Griffiths in the 83rd minute of play. 顾霖翀 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luo Feng Feng, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. In the 90th minute, Todd Connery ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 顾霖翀 was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. In the 92nd minute Pedro Luiz de Moraes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 顾霖翀 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Heavenly Hooters's Brandon Wright got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Jefferson da Cunha took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 94th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lennie Rusby. Heavenly Hooters's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 顾霖翀 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Luiz de Moraes, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. 9-0 became the score in the 97th minute when Todd Griffiths elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar.