U18 World League

呼伦贝尔大草原
Spectators: 7459 (Terracing: 5595, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 肖诚铮 started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, 林宽文 made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Road To Glory's Tomás Calixto tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A throw-in in the 7th minute of the game was made by Javier Atauri with Hipolito Figueroa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The supporters of Road To Glory booed when ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. 康翔桦 didn't get a good kick on the ball. ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 杨海潮 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathan Beltran in the 14th minute of play. 杨海潮 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Beltran in the 15th minute of the match. 赵兴杰's late challenge caught a Road To Glory's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 赵兴杰 helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Road To Glory booed when ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. 赵兴杰 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomás Calixto came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 林宽文. But to his dismay, 林宽文 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. 25 minutes in the game Javier Atauri did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Hipolito Figueroa. In the 27th minute, 林宽文 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 33rdth minute of the game 林宽文 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Road To Glory's Tomás Calixto was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 36 played minutes ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 got a freekick which was hit by 赵兴杰. Jorge Presebal took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 杨海潮. 杨海潮 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jonathan Beltran to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Presebal in the 53rd minute of play forced ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's goalkeeper 杨海潮 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 54 played minutes ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 got a freekick which was hit by 赵兴杰. 肖诚铮 hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. If Jonathan Beltran had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 73rd minute, 林宽文 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tomás Calixto was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Jonathan Beltran in the 76thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of 杨海潮, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 78 minutes into the game, Road To Glory's Jonathan Beltran nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 杨海潮 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jonathan Beltran got free with 杨海潮 in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 82nd minute, 肖诚铮 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 肖诚铮 hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. A sloppy throw-in by Hipolito Figueroa in the 88th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 康翔桦. 杨海潮 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Presebal in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 94th minute, Jorge Presebal reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of 杨海潮. The goal made the score 3-4. When the match was over Road To Glory could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 throughout the match.