U21 World League

Lions Den
Spectators: 8097 (Terracing: 6074, Seating: 1862, VIP seats: 161) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ralph Masters started the match with the kick off. In the 11th minute of the match Flamengo de San Blás got a corner. Leicester Lions's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rolando De Gracia ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a defensive mix-up in Flamengo de San Blás's zone, Ralph Masters stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 柯峰超 came out of the goal and Ralph Masters tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Flamengo de San Blás getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Su Xi Zhen hit a great ball. In the 21st minute, Zernin Pellicer made a precise shot to the right of Callum Barratt. Leicester Lions's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 26 played minutes Leicester Lions got a freekick which was hit by Damian Dyson. After 27 played minutes, Flamengo de San Blás's Wincent Praski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Callum Barratt came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Flamengo de San Blás reached it. Mike Wadham hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. When Flamengo de San Blás's Zernin Pellicer in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Leicester Lions's goalie prevented a goal. Flamengo de San Blás's 柯峰超 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mike Wadham in the 33rd minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Qiu De Wen in the 38th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Flamengo de San Blás's Su Xi Zhen. 柯峰超 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ralph Masters, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rolando De Gracia took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Callum Barratt. Callum Barratt dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Zernin Pellicer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Callum Barratt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chiquinho Neto to make the kick off. Callum Barratt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zernin Pellicer in the 51st minute of play. Chiquinho Neto took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Callum Barratt. Callum Barratt dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Flamengo de San Blás's Lucho Navarro quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Patryk Plučinský, made in the 57th minute of the game. In the 59th minute, Ralph Masters left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Leicester Lions fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Callum Barratt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rolando De Gracia in the 62nd minute of play. After having played for 64 minutes, Zernin Pellicer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Flamengo de San Blás's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zernin Pellicer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Callum Barratt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zernin Pellicer in the 67th minute of the match. 柯峰超 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Huey Porter in the 74th minute of play. Callum Barratt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zernin Pellicer in the 75th minute of the match. 柯峰超 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ralph Masters, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Huey Porter in the 84th minute of play forced Flamengo de San Blás's goalkeeper 柯峰超 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute, Ralph Masters left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Leicester Lions fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Flamengo de San Blás's Monchi Villalaz was substituted for Zernin Pellicer.