U23 World League

Oswaldo Zubeldía
Spectators: 7972 (Terracing: 5980, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 江光磊 kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Che Feliciano in the 3rd minute of play forced 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's goalkeeper 何夕超 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cortez Mesia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 6th match minute, 上海卢湾飞箭代表队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 高西星 to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute, Che Feliciano fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of 何夕超, passed just outside the right post. Che Feliciano's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 14thth minute, 何夕超 skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 19th minute, 江光磊 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 上海卢湾飞箭代表队 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 何夕超 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Che Feliciano, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Che Feliciano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 何夕超 having to interfere. 潘荣振 hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Atlético Municipal's goalkeeper Marz Arratia, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Atlético Municipal's Che Feliciano got a free kick in the 31st minute. 何夕超 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Che Feliciano's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by 江光磊 in the 35th minute of play forced Atlético Municipal's goalkeeper Marz Arratia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Che Felicianos short, quick shot in the 36thth minute got 何夕超 to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 42nd minute of the match Atlético Municipal got a corner. 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kinsen Calzado ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Kinsen Calzado got away a dangerous shot. Despite this 何夕超 quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sazon Juaristi to make the kick off. When Bobby Cruz fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Atlético Municipal's protests and gave Bobby Cruz a yellow card for diving instead. Bobby Cruz hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. 何夕超 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sazon Juaristi's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. The throw-in from Cristian Acevedo in the 58th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's 林义亮. 高西星 hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Sazon Juaristi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 何夕超 was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. In the 66th minute 江光磊 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marz Arratia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sazon Juaristi in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 何夕超 saved 上海卢湾飞箭代表队 from getting behind. Cristian Acevedo made in the 71st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Che Feliciano. Kinsen Calzado missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 74 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the 何夕超 right hand side. In the 75th match minute, 上海卢湾飞箭代表队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 潘荣振 to maneuver through the defense. In the 79th minute Atlético Municipal were awarded a corner. Kinsen Calzado went to the cornerflag to take it. 87 minutes into the match, Atlético Municipal's goal looked a bit too open when 潘荣振 came free, but Marz Arratia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.