U23 World League

CARDINAL STADIUM
Spectators: 8008 (Terracing: 6008, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Victor Hugo Aristizábal started the match with the kick off. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Yang Ming Ran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Hugo Aristizábal in the 6th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s goalkeeper Fernandez Villaelrriego had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Iordache Donici. Yang Ming Ran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xelo Fernandes, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Cazimir Bărbătescu hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Yang Ming Ran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Hugo Aristizábal in the 32nd minute of the match. Yang Ming Ran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Hugo Aristizábal in the 34th minute of play. Fernandez Villaelrriego didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Herminio Vincente went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Fernandez Villaelrriego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iordache Donici in the 42nd minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Iordache Donici to strike the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ defense, Herminio Vincente kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernandez Villaelrriego. The ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernandez Villaelrriego should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xelo Fernandes got free with Yang Ming Ran in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Llanos Amigo's late challenge caught a C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Llanos Amigo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 56th minute, Llanos Amigo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Daniel Muñoz hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s Xelo Fernandes got a free kick in the 60th minute. When C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Iordache Donici in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Victor Hugo Aristizábal got free with Yang Ming Ran in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Yang Ming Ran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Hugo Aristizábal in the 69th minute of play. Yang Ming Ran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Hugo Aristizábal in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radamel-Falcao García in the 75th minute of play forced C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's goalkeeper Yang Ming Ran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute, Deng Kun Xu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The C Ａ R D I N Ａ L fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.