U23 World League

Melbourne Park
Spectators: 7783 (Terracing: 5838, Seating: 1790, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Burhanettin Utman got the match started through his kick off. Hudson Pires hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After 7 minutes, Bilge Kağan Adem mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Melbourne 007 and the Royal Knights FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Carlos Lima had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristóvão Valle blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Thomas Diehl having to make a save. Cristo Cordara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Malcolm Mcvey, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 19th minute, Arne Röspel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thomas Diehl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Lima in the 21st minute of the match. 24 minutes into the match, Cristóvão Valle had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thomas Diehl. Melbourne 007's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristóvão Valle was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Malcolm Mcvey took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Cristo Cordara to make any attempt to save it. The supporters of Melbourne 007 booed when Royal Knights FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arne Röspel didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 37th minute, Arne Röspel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thomas Diehl was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Thomas Diehl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aníbal Fonseca in the 40th minute of play. Carlos Lima hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The wind increased when Carlos Lima made the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the match, Melbourne 007's goal looked a bit too open when Arne Röspel came free, but Thomas Diehl reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Melbourne 007's goalkeeper Thomas Diehl had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hudson Pires. Melbourne 007's Thomas Diehl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristóvão Valle in the 62nd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Royal Knights FC's goal looked a bit too open when Burhanettin Utman came free, but Cristo Cordara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Burhanettin Utman in the 74th minute of play forced Royal Knights FC's goalkeeper Cristo Cordara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristóvão Valle could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Thomas Diehl made a huge save. Cristóvão Valle could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Thomas Diehl made a huge save. Burhanettin Utman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Cristo Cordara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thomas Diehl showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristóvão Valle, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Thomas Diehl made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Hudson Pires sent off a good shot on target. Hudson Pires sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Royal Knights FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.