U18 World League

BARRIO LAS LILAS
Spectators: 6830 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 100) 『E家军』善战者｛上海浦东｝'s 曾建钢 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. 陆寒震 charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 陆寒震 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 陆寒震 hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Domingo Maria showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 陆寒震 in the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute, 范正枫 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Domingo Maria was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of 『E家军』善战者｛上海浦东｝ booed when LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rolando Berenguer didn't get a good kick on the ball. 范正枫 might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Domingo Maria. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 范正枫 ran back to his position shaking his head. 龚钢卫 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dante Banegas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Pablo Etxahun hit a great ball. A collision led to 『E家军』善战者｛上海浦东｝ getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. 陆寒震 hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 曾建钢 during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 龚钢卫 made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Saverio Caradaro sent off a good shot on target. Pablo Etxahun could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but 龚钢卫 made a huge save. Domingo Maria took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 陆寒震, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 42 minutes into the match, 陆寒震 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Domingo Maria. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 陆寒震 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. If 陆寒震 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Saverio Caradaro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 54 played minutes LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP got a freekick which was hit by Moises Maureo. The audience thought a goal was coming when 陆寒震 got free with Domingo Maria in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 58th minute, 李榕峰 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simon Rito in the 61st minute of play forced 『E家军』善战者｛上海浦东｝'s goalkeeper 龚钢卫 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 龚钢卫 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Simon Rito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Domingo Maria made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when 陆寒震 sent off a good shot on target. After some careless play in the 『E家军』善战者｛上海浦东｝ defense, Pablo Etxahun kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 龚钢卫. The 『E家军』善战者｛上海浦东｝ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 龚钢卫 should have stopped the shot. Saverio Caradaro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. 龚钢卫 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 李榕峰 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Domingo Maria having to interfere. 龚钢卫 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Saverio Caradaro's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. Saverio Caradaro might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 龚钢卫. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Saverio Caradaro ran back to his position shaking his head.