U23 World League

中国•北京•鸟巢
Spectators: 7675 (Terracing: 5757, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) After a rather tough play, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 王洲谦 got a free kick in the 5th minute. After a rather tough play, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 肖霆雄 got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 13th minute Pedro Artizar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddy Luirink saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 14 played minutes Pilar FC got a freekick which was hit by Nicolas Gregory. Cirilo Micael showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 姜斌渊, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 19 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Lluc came free, but Eddy Luirink reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cirilo Micael showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 叶斌霖, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Eddy Luirink showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Lluc in the 22nd minute of the match. Cirilo Micael showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 梅誉耀 in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 27th minute of the match ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 got a corner. Pilar FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 姜斌渊 ran over to the corner to take the kick. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 姜斌渊 was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Cirilo Micael in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 严国强's late challenge caught a Pilar FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 严国强 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 31st match minute, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 严国强 to maneuver through the defense. Eddy Luirink showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dove Carrat in the 32nd minute of the match. Cirilo Micael showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 姜斌渊 in the 35th minute of the match. Eddy Luirink took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolas Gregory, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dove Carrat in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eddy Luirink prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Eddy Luirink stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dove Carrat's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. Pedro Lluc sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Eddy Luirink made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nicolas Gregory in the 51st minute. In the 54th minute, Nicolas Gregory ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eddy Luirink was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Pilar FC's Pedro Artizar got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cirilo Micael showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 叶斌霖, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. 59 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper Eddy Luirink had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nicolas Gregory. An unexpectedly hard shot by 姜斌渊 in the 63rd minute of play forced Pilar FC's goalkeeper Cirilo Micael to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolas Gregory was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 66th minute. Pilar FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 71st match minute, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 叶斌霖 to maneuver through the defense. After 74 minutes of play, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 叶斌霖 made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cirilo Micael was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pedro Artizar took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eddy Luirink. Eddy Luirink dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. After 89 played minutes ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 got a freekick which was hit by 严国强. Pedro Lluc received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Eddy Luirink tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.