U18 World League

武汉楚城
Spectators: 7637 (Terracing: 5729, Seating: 1756, VIP seats: 152) 狄风城 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind 武汉江岸区江滩足球队's goalkeeper 沈文峰, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After recieving a nice pass, KEZ Toppfotball's Olav Nydal tried to score from far away in the 6th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 10th match minute, KEZ Toppfotball was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ken Fidjeland to maneuver through the defense. In the 11th minute, 庞霆远 sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and KEZ Toppfotball's Kai-Arne Ulset didn't even have to move. 杜光克 kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Peter Mogen managed to get in a good position for a shot. KEZ Toppfotball's supporters rose to their feet, but Peter Mogen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 沈文峰 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 沈文峰 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Mogen, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lars Steen during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 21stth minute of the game 狄风城 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KEZ Toppfotball's Kai-Arne Ulset was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 21 minutes into the game, 狄风城 lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Kai-Arne Ulset. The audience thought a goal was coming when 杜光克 got free with Kai-Arne Ulset in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In a very dangerous position, a player in 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 33rd minute. Penalty! After 37 played minutes 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 got a freekick which was hit by 狄风城. With a little luck, KEZ Toppfotball's Kai-Arne Ulset got control of the ball when 狄风城 tried to sneak it across the goal line. KEZ Toppfotball's Kai-Arne Ulset played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 狄风城 in the 45th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Olav Nydal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that 狄风城's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kai-Arne Ulset was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 59 minutes, the score became 2-1 when 狄风城 sped through KEZ Toppfotball's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kai-Arne Ulset. 66 minutes into the game, 武汉江岸区江滩足球队's 杜光克 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kai-Arne Ulset made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. In the 73rd match minute, 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 严钢军 to maneuver through the defense. 沈文峰 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olav Nydal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of KEZ Toppfotball booed when 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. 严钢军 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Peter Mogen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 沈文峰 having to interfere. In the 82nd minute, 严钢军 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Sebastian Angvik fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored KEZ Toppfotball's protests and gave Sebastian Angvik a yellow card for diving instead. Sebastian Angvik hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. 91 minutes into the match, 狄风城 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kai-Arne Ulset. KEZ Toppfotball's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 狄风城 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. 武汉江岸区江滩足球队 had played much better football throughout.