U23 World League

小沛之城
Spectators: 8024 (Terracing: 6020, Seating: 1845, VIP seats: 159) 沛水龙城's 曹雄升 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andy Schmid in the 3rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, 沛水龙城's 赵斌鹏 got a free kick in the 4th minute. 曹雄升 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andy Schmid, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. After 12 minutes of play, 沛水龙城's 秦默皓 made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikola Portner was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Espen Steelers booed when 沛水龙城 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. 秦默皓 didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 19 played minutes 沛水龙城 got a freekick which was hit by 曾德国. 秦默皓's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Nikola Portner firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when 秦默皓 got free with Nikola Portner in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by 洪强宽 in the 24th minute of play forced Espen Steelers's goalkeeper Nikola Portner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 何鸿鹰's late challenge caught a Espen Steelers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 何鸿鹰 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th match minute, 沛水龙城 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 何鸿鹰 to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, 沛水龙城's 曾德国 got a free kick in the 32nd minute. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind 沛水龙城's goalkeeper 曹雄升, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nikola Portner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 洪强宽 in the 34th minute of the match. With a little luck, Espen Steelers's Nikola Portner got control of the ball when 秦默皓 tried to sneak it across the goal line. 赵斌鹏 kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. In the 42nd minute of the match Albert Einstein shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but 曹雄升 showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The supporters of Espen Steelers booed when 沛水龙城 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. 曾德国 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Albert Einstein missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 46 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the 曹雄升 right hand side. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when 洪强宽 made the kick off in the second half. 洪强宽 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikola Portner having to interfere. Espen Steelers's Nikola Portner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 秦默皓 in the 58th minute of play. 秦峰骏 hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Espen Steelers's Nikola Portner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 秦默皓 in the 70th minute of play. A collision led to 沛水龙城 getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. 秦峰骏 hit a great ball. Espen Steelers made a substitution. Andres Ambühl replaced Fabian Schär. Espen Steelers's Mauro Aebi was substituted for Henri Schwersenz. 秦峰骏 kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Nikola Portner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 秦默皓, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Espen Steelers's Nikola Portner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 洪强宽 in the 81st minute of play. Nikola Portner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 秦默皓 in the 82nd minute of play. Nikola Portner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 赵斌鹏 in the 83rd minute of the match. With a little luck, 沛水龙城's 曹雄升 got control of the ball when Andy Schmid tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 85th minute, 赵斌鹏 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nikola Portner was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. After 89 played minutes 沛水龙城 got a freekick which was hit by 秦峰骏. Christian Witzig's late challenge caught a 沛水龙城's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Christian Witzig helped the player get up and apologised. In the 94th minute, Christian Witzig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 沛水龙城's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.