U23 World League

武汉楚城
Spectators: 7493 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hílton Penha made the kick off which started today's match. 严钢军 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hílton Penha went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, 武汉江岸区江滩足球队's 袁林锋 got a free kick in the 9th minute. Gav Smith's late challenge caught a Birra Cultura F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gav Smith helped the player get up and apologised. Gav Smith hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. A collision led to 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. 崔延桑 hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Hílton Penha put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of 严钢军. In the 23rd minute, Dante Quinten left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Birra Cultura F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 28th minute, Dante Quinten left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Birra Cultura F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. 严钢军 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hílton Penha, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. 33 minutes into the match, 武汉江岸区江滩足球队's goal looked a bit too open when Hílton Penha came free, but 严钢军 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 37 played minutes 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 got a freekick which was hit by 苏亮天. Hílton Penha succeeded in the game's 40th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-5. In the 43rd minute, Gav Smith ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cruz Cañizares was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. The supporters of 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 booed when Birra Cultura F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dante Quinten didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half Birra Cultura F.C were leading 1-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Gav Smith made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, 武汉江岸区江滩足球队's 汪威宽 got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Dante Quinten's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but 严钢军 firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 55 minutes of play, Birra Cultura F.C's Hílton Penha made it 1-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 严钢军 was left in no man's land by his defense there! 严钢军 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roman Riaño, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 严钢军 made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Hílton Penha sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hílton Penha in the 64th minute of play forced 武汉江岸区江滩足球队's goalkeeper 严钢军 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Zavier Collado in the 66th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by 武汉江岸区江滩足球队's 俞坤霖. After some careless play in the 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 defense, Hílton Penha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 严钢军. The 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 严钢军 should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Birra Cultura F.C getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Omero Sarries hit a great ball. Hílton Penha's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 76thth minute, 严钢军 skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 严钢军 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dante Quinten in the 78th minute. After 84 minutes, Xavion Liñan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Birra Cultura F.C and the 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 86 minutes of play 武汉江岸区江滩足球队's 汪威宽 was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Roman Riaño charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roman Riaño the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 booed when Birra Cultura F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roman Riaño didn't get a good kick on the ball. 武汉江岸区江滩足球队's Gav Smith got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Birra Cultura F.C's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.