U23 World League

Vägga IP
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Fletcher Baba started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fletcher Baba in the 3rd minute of play forced FC LauB's goalkeeper Hampus Söderström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC LauB's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fletcher Baba was slow to take the kick. During this time Australian Youth Academy's players had a chance to rest. Australian Youth Academy's Fletcher Baba was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Hampus Söderström in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that Dante Baba's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hampus Söderström was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. In the 5th minute, Mario Mendez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 6thth minute of the game Dante Baba who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC LauB's Hampus Söderström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hampus Söderström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dante Baba in the 10th minute of play. Hampus Söderström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dante Baba in the 11th minute of the match. If Pueblo Puerta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 14 minutes into the match, FC LauB's goal looked a bit too open when Carmichael Tinsley came free, but Hampus Söderström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yao Jing Zhen scored 2-0 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Humberto Velasco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hampus Söderström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fletcher Baba in the 34th minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC LauB's Pascual Markel got a free kick in the 35th minute. The supporters of FC LauB booed when Australian Youth Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Neville Schutt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ander Lepist's late challenge caught a Australian Youth Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ander Lepist helped the player get up and apologised. After 40 minutes of play, FC LauB's Pascual Markel made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Humberto Velasco was left in no man's land by his defense there! All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Ander Lepist managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC LauB's supporters rose to their feet, but Ander Lepist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Humberto Velasco breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pueblo Puerta took the ball and in the 57 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Humberto Velasco. Humberto Velasco dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Hampus Söderström made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Dante Baba sent off a good shot on target. In the 60th minute, Kjell-Arne Björck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 65 minutes into the match, Pueblo Puerta notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Australian Youth Academy's Humberto Velasco. Humberto Velasco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 68 minutes into the game, Fletcher Baba was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Australian Youth Academy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC LauB the free kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Carmichael Tinsley during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 76th match minute, Australian Youth Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carmichael Tinsley to maneuver through the defense. 77 minutes into the match, Mario Mendez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Humberto Velasco. Australian Youth Academy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mario Mendez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. In the 86th minute, Pascual Markel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Humberto Velasco was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. A collision led to FC LauB getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Long Liang Xiang hit a great ball. When the referee ended the match the FC LauB players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.