U23 World League

Dragon Stadium
Spectators: 9285 (Terracing: 6966, Seating: 2135, VIP seats: 184) Cordario Encina made an important save on a dangerous shot by C.J. 吕布 in the 8th minute. After a rather tough play, t4D - Trance the World's Nildo Souza got a free kick in the 18th minute. If Er Håland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Aurelio Giammaria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Er Håland in the 26th minute of play. 28 minutes into the game, Er Håland cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Aurelio Giammaria was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aurelio Giammaria showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Er Håland in the 36th minute of the match. With a little luck, t4D - Trance the World's Cordario Encina got control of the ball when C.J. 吕布 tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by C.J. 吕布 in the 40th minute of play forced t4D - Trance the World's goalkeeper Cordario Encina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cordario Encina made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Aldo Sciascia sent off a good shot on target. After 43 played minutes t4D - Trance the World got a freekick which was hit by Er Håland.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Er Håland made a kick off. t4D - Trance the World's Er Håland got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 54 minutes into the match, t4D - Trance the World's Er Håland sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aurelio Giammaria narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some careless play in the t4D - Trance the World defense, Aldo Sciascia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cordario Encina. The t4D - Trance the World fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cordario Encina should have stopped the shot. The throw-in from Slawomir Banach in the 64th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by t4D - Trance the World's Özden Şimşektürk. In the 67th minute of the match t4D - Trance the World got a corner. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Er Håland ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Er Håland almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Aurelio Giammaria did a great save. In the 68th minute C.J. 吕布 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cordario Encina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aurelio Giammaria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Er Håland, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Benny Koks recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. t4D - Trance the World made a substitution. Harun Talip replaced Özden Şimşektürk. t4D - Trance the World's Ludomil Czarnecki was substituted for Er Håland. Ludomil Czarnecki's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aurelio Giammaria read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. t4D - Trance the World's Genco Türköz was substituted for Nildo Souza. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Henrik Ekström was slow to take the kick. During this time t4D - Trance the World's players had a chance to rest. Harun Talip fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aurelio Giammaria having to interfere. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Kryspin Bambas was substituted for C.J. 吕布. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Harun Talip managed to get in a good position for a shot. t4D - Trance the World's supporters rose to their feet, but Harun Talip was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aurelio Giammaria breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.