U23 World League

☆ Minas Tirith ☆
Spectators: 8107 (Terracing: 6082, Seating: 1864, VIP seats: 161) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jose Eduino got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Bahtijar Barbarez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gondor FC™'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BK Skjold the free kick. A collision led to Gondor FC™ getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Bahtijar Barbarez hit a great ball. With 7 minutes on the clock, Casimiro Gines commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Rafa Nadal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mo Qi Zheng in the 11th minute of the match. Rafa Nadal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jose Eduino, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind BK Skjold's goalkeeper Johnni Kirkskov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Johnni Kirkskov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aragorn Ranger, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 29th minute Jose Eduino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafa Nadal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute, Aragorn Ranger 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. Through an outstanding action, after 34 minutes, Johnni Kirkskov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 34th minute, Zhang Bin Hai made a precise shot to the right of Johnni Kirkskov. BK Skjold's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Rafa Nadal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mo Qi Zheng in the 41st minute of the match. 47 minutes into the game, Jose Eduino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Rafa Nadal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gondor FC™ made a substitution. Aron Mascovescu replaced Bertil Åkesson.

The wind increased when Aragorn Ranger made the kick off in the second half. After 55 minutes of play, BK Skjold's Genaro Procopio made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rafa Nadal was left in no man's land by his defense there! 57 minutes into the match, Gondor FC™'s goalkeeper Rafa Nadal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jose Eduino. Aragorn Ranger struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Johnni Kirkskov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gondor FC™. Rafa Nadal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mo Qi Zheng in the 63rd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mo Qi Zheng got free with Rafa Nadal in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 70 minutes into the match, Gondor FC™'s goalkeeper Rafa Nadal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lars-Erik Angvik. Genaro Procopio's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rafa Nadal read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jose Eduino in the 75th minute of play forced Gondor FC™'s goalkeeper Rafa Nadal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th match minute, Gondor FC™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Safet Nadarević to maneuver through the defense. Gondor FC™ made a substitution. Despot Pajić replaced Bahtijar Barbarez. Safet Nadarević hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. 80 minutes into the match, BK Skjold's goal looked a bit too open when Hamid Hamedović came free, but Johnni Kirkskov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, BK Skjold's Rafa Nadal threw himself towards the right post 82 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jose Eduino, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Rafa Nadal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jose Eduino in the 84th minute of the match. Rafa Nadal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Genaro Procopio in the 89th minute. BK Skjold made a substitution. Eli Løndov replaced Jose Eduino. In the 92nd minute BK Skjold were awarded a corner. Jiang Wei Zhen went to the cornerflag to take it. A collision led to Gondor FC™ getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Zé Pedro Furlan hit a great ball. 95 minutes in the game Jiang Wei Zhen after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Rafa Nadal. A very good opportunity. 100 minutes had been played when some careless play by BK Skjold's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Emin Peraica was slow to take the kick. During this time Gondor FC™'s players had a chance to rest.