U18 World League

Zujūnai Stadium
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) ≮Empire≯☆蜀☆浪人's 庞榕振 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. After 4 minutes of play, Geležinis Vilkas's Deimantas Valys made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 董鸿兴 was left in no man's land by his defense there! Deimantas Valys sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Adomas Bacys managed to get in a good position for a shot. Geležinis Vilkas's supporters rose to their feet, but Adomas Bacys was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 董鸿兴 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 14thth minute of the game Deimantas Valys who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ≮Empire≯☆蜀☆浪人's 董鸿兴 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Geležinis Vilkas's Romualdas Karalius played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 韩兴桦 in the 20th minute of play. 董鸿兴 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Deimantas Valys's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. Valentas Bizauskas charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valentas Bizauskas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 35th minute, Valentas Bizauskas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by 韩兴桦 in the 38th minute of play forced Geležinis Vilkas's goalkeeper Romualdas Karalius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 贺岩默 hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. 47 minutes into the match, Geležinis Vilkas's Adomas Bacys sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 董鸿兴 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Deimantas Valys made a kick off. When 吴棋川 fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ≮Empire≯☆蜀☆浪人's protests and gave 吴棋川 a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Geležinis Vilkas booed when ≮Empire≯☆蜀☆浪人 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. 吴棋川 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 韩兴桦 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Romualdas Karalius made a huge save. 韩兴桦 kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tauras Bagūnas in the 62nd minute of play forced ≮Empire≯☆蜀☆浪人's goalkeeper 董鸿兴 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute, 曲常德 had to leave the field with a concussion. When Valentas Bizauskas was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 64 minutes had been played. After 65 played minutes Geležinis Vilkas got a freekick which was hit by Valentas Bizauskas. Romualdas Karalius showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 韩兴桦 in the 66th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adomas Bacys in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 董鸿兴 saved ≮Empire≯☆蜀☆浪人 from getting behind. 贺岩默 received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Romualdas Karalius came out and tried to block the shot, but 贺岩默 slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 75th minute. 80 minutes into the match, ≮Empire≯☆蜀☆浪人's goal looked a bit too open when Tauras Bagūnas came free, but 董鸿兴 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute, Adomas Bacys ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 董鸿兴 was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. 董鸿兴 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jogaila Jameikis in the 89th minute of play. 董鸿兴 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tauras Bagūnas's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. ≮Empire≯☆蜀☆浪人's 贺岩默 got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Geležinis Vilkas's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.