U23 World League

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Spectators: 9234 (Terracing: 6927, Seating: 2124, VIP seats: 183) The audience thought a goal was coming when Kasey Dawson got free with Aurelio Giammaria in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Aurelio Giammaria made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nacho Miramont in the 6th minute. C.J. 吕布 might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Roderik Weygaerts. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. C.J. 吕布 ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by C.J. 吕布 in the 8th minute of play forced T€Tra brick FC's goalkeeper Roderik Weygaerts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roderik Weygaerts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from C.J. 吕布 in the 10th minute of the match. Roderik Weygaerts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from C.J. 吕布, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute of the match ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ got a corner. T€Tra brick FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Benny Koks ran over to the corner to take the kick. Benny Koks made a great header on ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s corner, it was just that T€Tra brick FC's Roderik Weygaerts managed to reach the ball for a save. T€Tra brick FC's Roderik Weygaerts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aldo Sciascia in the 17th minute of play. The audience was convinced that C.J. 吕布's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roderik Weygaerts was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Roderik Weygaerts didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Benny Koks went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 27th minute, C.J. 吕布 made a precise shot to the right of Roderik Weygaerts. T€Tra brick FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Aurelio Giammaria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Palermo in the 30th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kasey Dawson got free with Aurelio Giammaria in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Aurelio Giammaria took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teo Berasko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roderik Weygaerts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from C.J. 吕布 in the 40th minute of the match. A collision led to T€Tra brick FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Rikard Odin hit a great ball. In the 43rd minute Kasey Dawson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelio Giammaria saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 46 minutes into the match, ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s goalkeeper Aurelio Giammaria had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nacho Miramont. When Martin Palermo came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the T€Tra brick FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Martin Palermo couldn't finish the play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Nacho Miramont in the 55th minute of play forced ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s goalkeeper Aurelio Giammaria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute, C.J. 吕布 reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Roderik Weygaerts. The goal made the score 0-3. T€Tra brick FC made a substitution. Igor Ranolfo replaced Kasey Dawson. The supporters of ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ booed when T€Tra brick FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Conrado Sanches didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, T€Tra brick FC's Conrado Sanches got a free kick in the 68th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Martin Palermo in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aurelio Giammaria saved ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ from getting behind. T€Tra brick FC were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cao Jie took the corner. Halit Fahri Yalınay hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Zenon Malewicki was substituted for Lin Xuan Hai. 83 minutes into the match, ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s goal looked a bit too open when Martin Palermo came free, but Aurelio Giammaria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Kryspin Bambas was substituted for C.J. 吕布. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cao Jie was slow to take the kick. During this time T€Tra brick FC's players had a chance to rest. Isaac Frasquito was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Slawomir Banach hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. After 95 minutes, Zenon Malewicki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ and the T€Tra brick FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 96th minute Martin Palermo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelio Giammaria saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Aurelio Giammaria played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isaac Frasquito in the 97th minute of play. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over T€Tra brick FC's much stronger midfield.