U18 World League

苏州奥体中心
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Jithu Nagasaki 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tião França in the 4th 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 6th match minute, Barbie Doll United U23 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tião França to maneuver through the defense. Afiq Hongyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vicente Meireles, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. After a rather tough play, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Faiz Tan got a free kick in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oscar de Moraes in the 24th 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 26th minute, Oscar de Moraes made a precise shot to the right of Afiq Hongyi. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Afiq Hongyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oscar de Moraes, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Alexander Tan charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alexander Tan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 31st minute, Alexander Tan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 34th minute, Geovânio da Cunha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Barbie Doll United U23 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. A collision led to Barbie Doll United U23 getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Patrick Arce hit a great ball. 46 minutes into the match, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goal looked a bit too open when Geovânio da Cunha came free, but Afiq Hongyi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 48th minute, Tião França 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 0-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Oscar de Moraes was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oscar de Moraes in the 55th 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. With a little luck, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi got control of the ball when Geovânio da Cunha tried to sneak it across the goal line. Barbie Doll United U23's Geovânio da Cunha was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 61st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. With a little luck, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi got control of the ball when Geovânio da Cunha tried to sneak it across the goal line. Afiq Hongyi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oscar de Moraes in the 67th minute of play. In the 69th minute of the match, Geovânio da Cunha got a very nice opportunity to score, but Afiq Hongyi was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Afiq Hongyi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oscar de Moraes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Afiq Hongyi didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Barbie Doll United U23's Geovânio da Cunha shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-6 in the ordered_time% minute. José Carlos Varela received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Afiq Hongyi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Geovânio da Cunha got free with Afiq Hongyi in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Afiq Hongyi came out of the goal in the 98th minute to try and stop a shot by Barbie Doll United U23's Tião França. But to his dismay, Tião França quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7.