U23 World League

荆州楚星球场
Spectators: 8074 (Terracing: 6057, Seating: 1857, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Brain Pain got the match started through his kick off. LOI's Johannes Sobeck proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save LOI from getting a goal against them. Johannes Sobeck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brain Pain in the 12th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, LOI's goalkeeper Johannes Sobeck had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Brain Pain. After a rather tough play, LOI's Battal Gazi Rehber got a free kick in the 15th minute. 狄卫皓 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Rickard Thidén had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rickard Thidén in the 21st minute of play forced ≮亮劍≯ㄨ青锋剑ㄨ→大众楚星's goalkeeper 唐霖博 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 22 minutes ≮亮劍≯ㄨ青锋剑ㄨ→大众楚星's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hikmet Şafakgün who took care of the corner kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rickard Thidén in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 唐霖博 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ≮亮劍≯ㄨ青锋剑ㄨ→大众楚星's 唐霖博 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rickard Thidén in the 31st minute of play. If Rickard Thidén had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 32 minutes into the match, ≮亮劍≯ㄨ青锋剑ㄨ→大众楚星's goal looked a bit too open when Rickard Thidén came free, but 唐霖博 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 狄卫皓 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Johannes Sobeck having to interfere. Hikmet Şafakgün charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hikmet Şafakgün the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Hikmet Şafakgün hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Mehmet Akif Okutman was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 42nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Rickard Thidén made the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the ≮亮劍≯ㄨ青锋剑ㄨ→大众楚星 defense, Rickard Thidén kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 唐霖博. The ≮亮劍≯ㄨ青锋剑ㄨ→大众楚星 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 唐霖博 should have stopped the shot. Johannes Sobeck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brain Pain in the 59th minute of play. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by LOI's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mehmet Akif Okutman was slow to take the kick. During this time ≮亮劍≯ㄨ青锋剑ㄨ→大众楚星's players had a chance to rest. Sadri Tekdoğan tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Johannes Sobeck. An unnecessary self made goal, 1-1 in the 65th minute. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind ≮亮劍≯ㄨ青锋剑ㄨ→大众楚星's goalkeeper 唐霖博, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. LOI were awarded a corner in the 68th minute after ≮亮劍≯ㄨ青锋剑ㄨ→大众楚星's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hikmet Şafakgün took the corner. 郝常斌 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Brain Pain had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. LOI's Johannes Sobeck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 石邦渊 in the 74th minute of play. Johannes Sobeck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 狄卫皓 in the 77th minute of play. When Rickard Thidén came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the LOI 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 Rickard Thidén couldn't finish the play. Eduardo Silva hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, ≮亮劍≯ㄨ青锋剑ㄨ→大众楚星's Eduardo Silva got a free kick in the 86th minute. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see ≮亮劍≯ㄨ青锋剑ㄨ→大众楚星 lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.