U18 World League

苏州奥体中心
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Enéas Brodel kicked off to start the match. In the 9th minute, Enéas Brodel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Afiq Hongyi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Otávio Neto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sean Yip in the 16th minute of play. After 17 minutes of play, XV de Piracicaba's Enéas Brodel made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Afiq Hongyi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Afiq Hongyi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cafu Ferreira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Faiz Tan hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enéas Brodel in the 23rd minute of play forced 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goalkeeper Afiq Hongyi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Afiq Hongyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Augusto de Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Afiq Hongyi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Augusto de Amaral in the 26th minute of play. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Augusto de Amaral in the 29th minute of play. Afiq Hongyi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gualter Maranhense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Augusto de Amaral in the 40th minute of play. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind XV de Piracicaba's goalkeeper Otávio Neto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. XV de Piracicaba were winning 0-2.

An unexpectedly hard shot by João Augusto de Amaral in the 52nd minute of play forced 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goalkeeper Afiq Hongyi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cafu Ferreira took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Afiq Hongyi. Afiq Hongyi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Afiq Hongyi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enéas Brodel in the 56th minute of play. Afiq Hongyi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gualter Maranhense in the 57th minute. A collision led to XV de Piracicaba getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. João Augusto de Amaral hit a great ball. Otávio Neto came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Sean Yip. But to his dismay, Sean Yip quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. After a rather tough play, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Faiz Tan got a free kick in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enéas Brodel in the 77th minute of play forced 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goalkeeper Afiq Hongyi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute Gualter Maranhense shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afiq Hongyi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jithu Nagasaki during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 80th match minute, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jithu Nagasaki to maneuver through the defense. Afiq Hongyi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from João Augusto de Amaral went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 from getting a goal against them. Otávio Neto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jithu Nagasaki in the 90th minute of play. Sean Yip received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Otávio Neto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.