U23 World League

千年曙光球场
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Cha Fe FC's Bartolo Virila started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 冯星默 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bartolo Virila in the 3rd minute of the match. A collision led to 『挑战者』东方曙光 getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. 崔诚翀 hit a great ball. 『挑战者』东方曙光's 冯星默 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bartolo Virila in the 10th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Cha Fe FC's Evelio Edur got a free kick in the 11th minute. The audience was convinced that Santiago Mikelar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 冯星默 was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. 冯星默 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bartolo Virila in the 19th minute of play. Bartolo Virila fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 冯星默 having to interfere. Patricio Pepillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 吴邦勇, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 37th minute 邵政弘 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patricio Pepillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cha Fe FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 石岩晨 was slow to take the kick. During this time 『挑战者』东方曙光's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that 秦川适 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Patricio Pepillo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Dario Virila fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cha Fe FC's protests and gave Dario Virila a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Cha Fe FC's Dario Virila got a free kick in the 40th minute. When 邵政弘 fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 『挑战者』东方曙光's protests and gave 邵政弘 a yellow card for diving instead. In the 44th minute, 魏飞骏 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Evelio Edur in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 冯星默 saved 『挑战者』东方曙光 from getting behind. In the 46th match minute, 『挑战者』东方曙光 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 吴邦勇 to maneuver through the defense. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 吴邦勇 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Cha Fe FC's goal looked a bit too open when 吴邦勇 came free, but Patricio Pepillo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55th minute, Arnoldo Calixto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by 吴邦勇 in the 61st minute of play forced Cha Fe FC's goalkeeper Patricio Pepillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Patricio Pepillo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 邵政弘 in the 62nd minute of play. 67 minutes into the game, 邵政弘 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Patricio Pepillo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, 『挑战者』东方曙光's 吴邦勇 got a free kick in the 74th minute. Patricio Pepillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 邵政弘, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. 冯星默 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bartolo Virila in the 79th minute. A collision led to 『挑战者』东方曙光 getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. 吴邦勇 hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Santiago Mikelar in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 冯星默 saved 『挑战者』东方曙光 from getting behind. Through an outstanding action, after 86 minutes, 冯星默 successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After a defensive mix-up in 『挑战者』东方曙光's zone, Bartolo Virila stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 冯星默 came out of the goal and Bartolo Virila tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If 邵政弘 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Patricio Pepillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 邵政弘, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 94 minutes into the game, 『挑战者』东方曙光's 邵政弘 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Patricio Pepillo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. 『挑战者』东方曙光's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.