U23 World League

Saddledome Stadium
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) 韩谦然 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 3 minutes of play, ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s 韩谦然 made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tomas Donovan was left in no man's land by his defense there! 沈辰榕 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomas Donovan having to interfere. Yüce 赵云 was out of position in the 8 minute of play, and Berry Giles capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Berry Giles really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. 韩谦然 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tomas Donovan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 韩谦然, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 14 minutes into the match, ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s goal looked a bit too open when Carrol McLean came free, but Yüce 赵云 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15th minute of the match Flames FC got a corner. ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Micheal Burnham ran over to the corner to take the kick. Micheal Burnham made a great header on Flames FC's corner, it was just that ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s Yüce 赵云 managed to reach the ball for a save. ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s 沈辰榕 got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 19 minutes of play, Flames FC's Ambrose Keen made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yüce 赵云 was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ambrose Keen kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Yüce 赵云 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Berry Giles in the 24th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 韩谦然 in the 25th minute of play forced Flames FC's goalkeeper Tomas Donovan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Donovan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 韩谦然's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. 29 minutes into the game, ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s 韩谦然 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tomas Donovan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Tomas Donovan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 韩谦然, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Orval Crow got free with Yüce 赵云 in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 34 minutes into the match, ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s goalkeeper Yüce 赵云 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Orval Crow. 韩谦然's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tomas Donovan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Flames FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 韩谦然 was slow to take the kick. During this time ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s players had a chance to rest. 42 minutes into the match, ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s 韩谦然 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tomas Donovan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s 韩谦然 was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Tomas Donovan in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 45th minute, 沈辰榕 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Berry Giles to make the kick off. ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s 沈辰榕 has a good shot, but didn't show it this time. The shot went over the crossbar in the 56th minute. 曹文诚's late challenge caught a Flames FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 曹文诚 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th match minute, ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 曹文诚 to maneuver through the defense. Flames FC made a substitution. Donald Kearns replaced Kermit Morris. After 63 played minutes, Flames FC's Micheal Burnham shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Yüce 赵云 came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Flames FC reached it. Yüce 赵云 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Berry Giles in the 64th minute of the match. 韩谦然 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 韩谦然 might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tomas Donovan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 韩谦然 ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 67th minute 韩谦然 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomas Donovan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 71 minutes into the game, 韩谦然 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Tomas Donovan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Yüce 赵云 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ambrose Keen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yüce 赵云 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Berry Giles in the 75th minute of the match. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Micheal Burnham was slow to take the kick. During this time Flames FC's players had a chance to rest. 沈辰榕 hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 85th minute, 曹文诚 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 86th minute of the match Ambrose Keen sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Yüce 赵云 skillfully saved the ball. In the 88thth minute of the game Berry Giles who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s Yüce 赵云 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Yüce 赵云 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Berry Giles's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. In the 89th minute, 韩谦然 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Yüce 赵云 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Donald Kearns, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the match, ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s goal looked a bit too open when Berry Giles came free, but Yüce 赵云 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, ☆战国☆叛菅洎叛氤氲苴☣FCB ☣'s 郑希崇 got a free kick in the 93rd minute.