U18 World League

金谷园
Spectators: 7688 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 孟坚夕 got the match started through his kick off. 10 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』银河俱乐部's goal looked a bit too open when Vladimiro Juvenal came free, but 姚彬桦 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th minute, 『挑战者』银河俱乐部's 罗超阳 dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Diamante U18's Ricardo Chus got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Isidro Ignazio's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 姚彬桦 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. 『挑战者』银河俱乐部's 姚彬桦 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladimiro Juvenal in the 29th minute of play. 姚彬桦 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidro Ignazio in the 32nd minute of play. After some careless play in the 『挑战者』银河俱乐部 defense, Isidro Ignazio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 姚彬桦. The 『挑战者』银河俱乐部 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 姚彬桦 should have stopped the shot. Tobias Cibran hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by 孟坚夕 in the 43rd minute of play forced Deportivo Diamante U18's goalkeeper Eriberto Sindo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eriberto Sindo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 孟坚夕 in the 46th minute of the match. In the 47th match minute, Deportivo Diamante U18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lázaro Eneas to maneuver through the defense. 48 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』银河俱乐部's 肖剑竞 broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After the first half Deportivo Diamante U18 were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidro Ignazio in the 55th minute of play forced 『挑战者』银河俱乐部's goalkeeper 姚彬桦 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the game, Anastasio Javiero cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. 姚彬桦 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Lázaro Eneas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Deportivo Diamante U18's supporters rose to their feet, but Lázaro Eneas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 姚彬桦 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 63rd minute, Isidro Ignazio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 姚彬桦 was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Isidro Ignazio scored 1-5 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 姚彬桦, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Eriberto Sindo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 孟坚夕, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Isidro Ignazio got free with 姚彬桦 in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 88th minute, 罗超阳 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 『挑战者』银河俱乐部 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. 姚彬桦 made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Isidro Ignazio sent off a good shot on target. The Deportivo Diamante U18 players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.