U23 World League

Arena MRV
Spectators: 7664 (Terracing: 5749, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) Tudor Sălcudeanu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tudor Sălcudeanu in the 5th minute of play forced Clube Atlético Mineiro's goalkeeper José Maria Carvalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6th minute Tudor Sălcudeanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Maria Carvalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 8th minute Феникс Санкт-Петербург were awarded a corner. Liu Jie went to the cornerflag to take it. Ernani Mesquita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Qiu Zheng Ning firmly grabbed it by the left post. Qiu Zheng Ning showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jude Bellingham, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. After some careless play in the Феникс Санкт-Петербург defense, Jude Bellingham kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Qiu Zheng Ning. The Феникс Санкт-Петербург fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Qiu Zheng Ning should have stopped the shot. Adolf Rogov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. José Maria Carvalho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. José Maria Carvalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adolf Rogov in the 22nd minute of the match. José Maria Carvalho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tudor Sălcudeanu in the 24th minute of play. Ernani Mesquita who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 28thth minute tested the skills of Qiu Zheng Ning when he managed to save the team from getting behind. José Maria Carvalho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adolf Rogov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jude Bellingham in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Qiu Zheng Ning saved Феникс Санкт-Петербург from getting behind. In the 42nd minute Jude Bellingham shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qiu Zheng Ning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Marat Bolshakov fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Феникс Санкт-Петербург's protests and gave Marat Bolshakov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 44th minute, Marat Bolshakov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lamine Yambao could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Qiu Zheng Ning made a huge save. 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 Jude Bellingham to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Jude Bellingham's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Qiu Zheng Ning was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. When Clube Atlético Mineiro's Jude Bellingham in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalie prevented a goal. The referee felt a red card was in order, 55 minutes into the game, when George Singson put in a rough tackle. In the 55th minute, George Singson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Maria Carvalho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afanasiy Mamichev in the 56th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Marat Bolshakov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of José Maria Carvalho. That made the score 1-1 after 58 minutes of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Liu Jie managed to get in a good position for a shot. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's supporters rose to their feet, but Liu Jie was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. José Maria Carvalho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 64th minute Jude Bellingham shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qiu Zheng Ning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marat Bolshakov hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afanasiy Mamichev in the 68th minute of play forced Clube Atlético Mineiro's goalkeeper José Maria Carvalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Maria Carvalho came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Adolf Rogov. But to his dismay, Adolf Rogov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Lamine Yambao received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Qiu Zheng Ning tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 80th minute, Liu Jie hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The attack was good, but when Jude Bellingham in the 83rd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Marat Bolshakov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving José Maria Carvalho. That made the score 1-3 in the 84 minute of play. 87 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal looked a bit too open when Lamine Yambao came free, but Qiu Zheng Ning reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Liu Jie got free with José Maria Carvalho in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Qiu Zheng Ning made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jude Bellingham in the 91st minute of play. In the 93rd match minute, Феникс Санкт-Петербург was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marat Bolshakov to maneuver through the defense. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.