U23 World League

Fortress
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Teo took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the game, Azam Tan threw the ball into play from the sideline. UD ZAS's Bottero Ruicerezo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 5 minutes into the match, UD ZAS's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Hong came free, but Rey Cerezuela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th minute Joel Teo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rey Cerezuela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 12th minute, Joel Teo made a precise shot to the right of Rey Cerezuela. UD ZAS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Rey Cerezuela didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ron Laycock went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in UD ZAS's zone, Adam Hong stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rey Cerezuela came out of the goal and Adam Hong tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 19 minutes of play, Nagrand's Joel Teo made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rey Cerezuela was left in no man's land by his defense there! Joel Teo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Rey Cerezuela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 24 minutes into the match, UD ZAS's goal looked a bit too open when Zak Sum came free, but Rey Cerezuela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nagrand's Wilhelm Falkrantz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Nagrand from getting a goal against them. Rey Cerezuela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Mathews, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Rey Cerezuela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Hong, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bottero Ruicerezo charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bottero Ruicerezo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 34th match minute, UD ZAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bottero Ruicerezo to maneuver through the defense. 35 minutes into the match, Joel Teo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rey Cerezuela. UD ZAS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Teo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. In the 41st minute Gabriel Mathews shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rey Cerezuela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, UD ZAS's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Mathews came free, but Rey Cerezuela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 46 minutes into the match, UD ZAS's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Teo came free, but Rey Cerezuela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th minute, Adam Hong made a precise shot to the right of Rey Cerezuela. UD ZAS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. The UD ZAS players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Nagrand were winning 0-8.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Segio Lucas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the UD ZAS defense, Adam Hong kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rey Cerezuela. The UD ZAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rey Cerezuela should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Mathews in the 56th minute of play forced UD ZAS's goalkeeper Rey Cerezuela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rey Cerezuela was a little too slow when Gabriel Mathews got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 57th minute. The score was now 0-10. 64 minutes into the match, UD ZAS's goalkeeper Rey Cerezuela had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adam Hong. Adam Hong received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rey Cerezuela came out and tried to block the shot, but Adam Hong slotted it home off the left post making it 0-12 in the 66th minute. Rey Cerezuela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Mathews in the 72nd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Nagrand's Gabriel Mathews slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rey Cerezuela. That made the score 0-14 after 76 minutes of play. In the 83rd match minute, Nagrand was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Mathews to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice moves Joel Teo could shoot a difficult shot in the 86th minute, which Rey Cerezuela however easily saved by the left post. Rey Cerezuela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Mathews, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute, Joel Teo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rey Cerezuela was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-15. In the 94th minute, Gabriel Mathews reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rey Cerezuela. The goal made the score 0-16. Nagrand played a much better game than UD ZAS and deserved their victory. The UD ZAS players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.