World League

The Quiver
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcus Rashford made the kick off which started today's match. 9 minutes into the match, Bryan Barron had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Serafin Semeno. Ascacibar-Pérez's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bryan Barron was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Through an outstanding action, after 13 minutes, Serafin Semeno successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Marty Simpson who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 15thth minute tested the skills of Serafin Semeno when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With an all-out effort, Arrows Academy FC's Serafin Semeno threw himself towards the right post 17 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bryan Barron, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Ascacibar-Pérez's Ismael Tiadoro quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Connor Pringle, made in the 18th minute of the game. Arrows Academy FC's Ged Nightingale played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Rashford in the 21st minute of play. Ged Nightingale took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Rashford, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the match, Ascacibar-Pérez's Marcus Rashford sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ged Nightingale narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 33 minutes of play, Arrows Academy FC's Grzegorz Piechna made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Serafin Semeno was left in no man's land by his defense there! 36 minutes into the game, Arrows Academy FC's Wen Jie Ting nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Serafin Semeno made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Ascacibar-Pérez's Serafin Semeno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marty Simpson in the 39th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marty Simpson got free with Serafin Semeno in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bryan Barron's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Serafin Semeno read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 46th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marty Simpson to make the kick off. Bryan Barron received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Serafin Semeno tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ascacibar-Pérez's Serafin Semeno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marty Simpson in the 54th minute of play. Ascacibar-Pérez's Serafin Semeno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bryan Barron in the 55th minute of play. When Arrows Academy FC's Marty Simpson in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ascacibar-Pérez's goalie prevented a goal. Ascacibar-Pérez's Serafin Semeno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wen Jie Ting in the 57th minute of play. Serafin Semeno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bryan Barron in the 58th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the match, Ascacibar-Pérez's goal looked a bit too open when Bryan Barron came free, but Serafin Semeno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grzegorz Piechna in the 61st minute of play forced Ascacibar-Pérez's goalkeeper Serafin Semeno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Serafin Semeno stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Grzegorz Piechna's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ascacibar-Pérez's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Grzegorz Piechna was slow to take the kick. During this time Arrows Academy FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Hong Yuan got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 4-0. 64 minutes into the match. In the 69thth minute of the game Grzegorz Piechna who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ascacibar-Pérez's Serafin Semeno was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 70th match minute, Ascacibar-Pérez was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alonzo Eron to maneuver through the defense. 86 minutes into the match, Marcus Rashford had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ged Nightingale. Arrows Academy FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcus Rashford was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marty Simpson in the 93rd minute of play forced Ascacibar-Pérez's goalkeeper Serafin Semeno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 94 played minutes Arrows Academy FC got a freekick which was hit by Jesús Solano. When Anselmo Iraido came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Ascacibar-Pérez fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Anselmo Iraido couldn't finish the play. There was no doubt that Arrows Academy FC were the better team. Arrows Academy FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.