U18 World League

White Hart Lane
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Rhys Tanner started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Didi Chandran in the 3rd minute of play forced T H F C's goalkeeper Pierce Dwyer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trev Douglas had several of the Nagrand's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 10 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Alam Dyce as he didn't even see the shot coming. Nagrand's Alam Dyce proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Nagrand from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Rhys Tanner kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alam Dyce. That made the score 2-0 in the 21 minute of play. Pierce Dwyer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Didi Chandran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Isaac Robson's late challenge caught a Nagrand's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Isaac Robson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th minute, Isaac Robson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nagrand's Rudy Yi-Sheng got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match clock showed 33 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Didi Chandran sped through T H F C's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pierce Dwyer. With a little luck, Nagrand's Alam Dyce got control of the ball when Isaac Robson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pierce Dwyer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Didi Chandran, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute, Trev Douglas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Iskandar Phua stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the game, Rhys Tanner was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. T H F C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Nagrand the free kick. Rhys Tanner hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Philip Delaney lost his temper 59 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Pierce Dwyer went to the wrong direction when Rudy Yi-Sheng was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Iskandar Phua took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Pierce Dwyer to make any attempt to save it. Didi Chandran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Nagrand's Didi Kool got a free kick in the 71st minute. After having played for 75 minutes, Rudy Yi-Sheng managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nagrand's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rudy Yi-Sheng was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice moves Didi Chandran could shoot a difficult shot in the 77th minute, which Pierce Dwyer however easily saved by the left post. In the 79th match minute, Nagrand was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Laycock to maneuver through the defense. T H F C's Pierce Dwyer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save T H F C from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, T H F C's Pierce Dwyer got control of the ball when Didi Chandran tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 85 played minutes Iskandar Phua rounded T H F C's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-4. In the 89th minute, Isaac Robson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alam Dyce was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-4. T H F C's Pierce Dwyer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save T H F C from getting a goal against them. Didi Chandran could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 98th minute of the match, but Pierce Dwyer made a huge save. The Nagrand players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.