U23 World League

Thames Park
Spectators: 7738 (Terracing: 5805, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Glenn Westwood kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, Real Racing Club's Su Yuan Yu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Austin Hazell narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Real Racing Club booed when Henley on Thames United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ben Hotte didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 7th minute João Vítor Donato shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gao Fei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Celso Maldonado kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Real Racing Club made a substitution. Kris Palmann replaced Arnaldo Solustiano. After a rather tough play, Real Racing Club's Celso Maldonado got a free kick in the 9th minute. Gao Fei was a little too slow when Kris Tetley got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 17th minute. The score was now 1-0. Austin Hazell stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Su Yuan Yu's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. Huey Claydon got a throw-in 29 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Kris Tetley. Kris Tetley kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Austin Hazell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Su Yuan Yu, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Real Racing Club's Arnoldo Beti suffered a concussion in the 34th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Real Racing Club's Robustiano Nicholas was substituted for Arnoldo Beti. Glenn Westwood kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. 36 minutes into the game, Su Yuan Yu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Austin Hazell was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gao Fei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Glenn Westwood, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kris Palmann in the 42nd minute of play forced Henley on Thames United's goalkeeper Austin Hazell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Real Racing Club's Gao Fei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Glenn Westwood in the 46th minute of play. When Real Racing Club's Su Yuan Yu in the 48th minute got a chance for a shot 48th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Henley on Thames United's goalie prevented a goal. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kris Palmann to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kris Palmann got free with Austin Hazell in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 57 minutes into the match, Real Racing Club's goal looked a bit too open when João Vítor Donato came free, but Gao Fei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Huey Claydon's late challenge caught a Real Racing Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Huey Claydon helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Henley on Thames United's Huey Claydon got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 60th minute, Huey Claydon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ben Hotte made in the 64th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Mauro Laspada. Gao Fei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kris Tetley in the 67th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, Real Racing Club's goal looked a bit too open when Kris Tetley came free, but Gao Fei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th match minute, Henley on Thames United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rick Holt to maneuver through the defense. Su Yuan Yu was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 70th minute. Real Racing Club's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 73 minutes into the match, Henley on Thames United's goal looked a bit too open when Su Yuan Yu came free, but Austin Hazell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 78th minute of the match Henley on Thames United got a corner. Real Racing Club's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Huey Claydon ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which João Vítor Donato managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kris Palmann got free with Austin Hazell in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Henley on Thames United's Austin Hazell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Su Yuan Yu in the 85th minute of play. After 86 played minutes Henley on Thames United got a freekick which was hit by Ben Hotte. João Vítor Donato blasted a shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gao Fei having to make a save. Ben Hotte hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Henley on Thames United were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.