U21 World League

El Cilindro de Miami
Spectators: 8446 (Terracing: 6336, Seating: 1942, VIP seats: 168) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cameron Bliss got the match started through his kick off. Hlonda Boyz's Henri Pesqueira managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Eddy Mendez in the 2 minute of the game. 4 minutes into the match, Lyle Macias notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Hlonda Boyz's Zhou Zhen Peng. Zhou Zhen Peng was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Zhou Zhen Peng made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Willie Vogt sent off a good shot on target. Zhou Zhen Peng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lyle Macias, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Zhou Zhen Peng had great luck who in the 11thth minute grab hold of the ball when Lyle Macias from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kong Cheng Xi in the 12th minute of play forced Racing Miami Futbol Club's goalkeeper Franco Di Giambattista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute, Cameron Bliss 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. Franco Di Giambattista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kong Cheng Xi, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. 21 minutes into the match, Racing Miami Futbol Club's goal looked a bit too open when Kong Cheng Xi came free, but Franco Di Giambattista reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 25th match minute, Racing Miami Futbol Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lyle Macias to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes into the match, Racing Miami Futbol Club's goal looked a bit too open when Izydor Turacki came free, but Franco Di Giambattista reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kong Cheng Xi in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Franco Di Giambattista saved Racing Miami Futbol Club from getting behind. After 33 played minutes Hlonda Boyz got a freekick which was hit by Boleslaw Wyrostek. When Cameron Bliss fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Racing Miami Futbol Club's protests and gave Cameron Bliss a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Cameron Bliss got a free kick in the 34th minute. A collision led to Racing Miami Futbol Club getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Sidney Staton hit a great ball. Franco Di Giambattista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kong Cheng Xi, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. When Cameron Bliss was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 41 minutes had been played. In the 42nd match minute, Racing Miami Futbol Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cameron Bliss to maneuver through the defense. Kong Cheng Xi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Franco Di Giambattista having to make a save. Franco Di Giambattista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kong Cheng Xi, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Izydor Turacki to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Kong Cheng Xi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hlonda Boyz fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Hlonda Boyz's Zhou Zhen Peng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lyle Macias in the 62nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kong Cheng Xi got free with Franco Di Giambattista in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Racing Miami Futbol Club made a substitution. Genaro Cassidy replaced Lyle Macias. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Denny Godwin was substituted for Willie Vogt. Hlonda Boyz's Zhou Zhen Peng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Genaro Cassidy in the 74th minute of play. After 78 minutes, Genaro Cassidy made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Hlonda Boyz's Zhou Zhen Peng tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Franco Di Giambattista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jimmy Muir in the 83rd minute of play. Franco Di Giambattista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maciej Wietrzychowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Franco Di Giambattista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maciej Wietrzychowski in the 86th minute of play. With a little luck, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Franco Di Giambattista got control of the ball when Roland Bejrut tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the Hlonda Boyz defense, Genaro Cassidy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zhou Zhen Peng. The Hlonda Boyz fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zhou Zhen Peng should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Racing Miami Futbol Club had won after a very even match.