World League

The White Oval
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The White Rovers's Mattias Cartwright 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. The supporters of ☆冰谷☆〓嗜血〓冰峰 booed when The White Rovers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nial Blakeley didn't get a good kick on the ball. 6 minutes into the game, 严皓宽 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Francis Gurney was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 8th minute, Vilhelm Linqvist 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. After 12 minutes, Archie Garner mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The White Rovers and the ☆冰谷☆〓嗜血〓冰峰 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 12th minute, one of The White Rovers:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for The White Rovers. The White Rovers:s Francis Gurney showed great skill when he stopped 庞棋天:s penalty. After 13 minutes of play, ☆冰谷☆〓嗜血〓冰峰's 庞棋天 made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francis Gurney was left in no man's land by his defense there! 尤珂霖 scored 0-3 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Francis Gurney, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Francis Gurney took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vilhelm Linqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 27 played minutes ☆冰谷☆〓嗜血〓冰峰 got a freekick which was hit by 尤珂霖. 33 minutes into the match, 严皓宽 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Francis Gurney. The White Rovers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 严皓宽 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Francis Gurney showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vilhelm Linqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Nick Rushforth charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nick Rushforth the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to The White Rovers getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Nick Rushforth hit a great ball. Francis Gurney took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 严皓宽, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute of the match ☆冰谷☆〓嗜血〓冰峰 got a corner. The White Rovers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 严皓宽 ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that 崔镇瑜 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Francis Gurney quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The White Rovers's Mattias Winship got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vilhelm Linqvist stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute 严皓宽 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francis Gurney saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 53rd minute, 严皓宽 reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Francis Gurney. The goal made the score 0-5. 58 minutes into the match, The White Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when 崔镇瑜 came free, but Francis Gurney reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in The White Rovers's zone, 崔镇瑜 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Francis Gurney came out of the goal and 崔镇瑜 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 61 minutes into the match, The White Rovers's goalkeeper Francis Gurney had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 庞棋天. The audience thought a goal was coming when 庞棋天 got free with Francis Gurney in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 62 minutes into the game, 严皓宽 recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Francis Gurney. 严皓宽 showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6. If Nick Rushforth had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Francis Gurney didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 严皓宽 went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. A collision led to ☆冰谷☆〓嗜血〓冰峰 getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. 蒋烨杰 hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Vilhelm Linqvist took a quick shot and it went in 0-8 without a chance for Francis Gurney to make any attempt to save it. In the 79th minute, 庞棋天 made a precise shot to the right of Francis Gurney. The White Rovers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-9. The crowd rose to their feet as 蒋烨杰 kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Francis Gurney. That made the score 0-11 in the 85 minute of play. Francis Gurney made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when 崔镇瑜 sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doug Walker in the 89th minute of play forced ☆冰谷☆〓嗜血〓冰峰's goalkeeper 秦轩城 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, ☆冰谷☆〓嗜血〓冰峰's Francis Gurney threw himself towards the right post 90 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 严皓宽, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. ☆冰谷☆〓嗜血〓冰峰's 秦轩城 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mattias Cartwright in the 96th minute of play.