U23 World League

金谷园
Spectators: 7540 (Terracing: 5656, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) After 3 minutes, Leif Västlund mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Golden Lions FC and the 『挑战者』银河俱乐部 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Golden Lions FC's Leif Västlund got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Golden Lions FC's Jens-Ola Strömbom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 温枫正 in the 7th minute of play. 唐傲鸿 who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 10thth minute tested the skills of Jens-Ola Strömbom when he managed to save the team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven-Erik Valström in the 21st minute of play forced 『挑战者』银河俱乐部's goalkeeper 巩青沙 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th minute Axel Samuelsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 巩青沙 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 29 played minutes 『挑战者』银河俱乐部 got a freekick which was hit by 严松真. In the 29th minute of the match Axel Samuelsson shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but 巩青沙 showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Golden Lions FC's zone, 唐傲鸿 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jens-Ola Strömbom came out of the goal and 唐傲鸿 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 龚烨朋 hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. 42 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』银河俱乐部's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Samuelsson came free, but 巩青沙 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rd minute Alex Nordström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 巩青沙 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Golden Lions FC's Jens-Ola Strömbom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 肖剑竞 in the 46th minute of play.

The wind increased when Alex Nordström made the kick off in the second half. 59 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』银河俱乐部's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Samuelsson came free, but 巩青沙 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jens-Ola Strömbom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 唐傲鸿, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Jens-Ola Strömbom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 肖剑竞, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Sven-Erik Valström kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving 巩青沙. That made the score 0-2 in the 67 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 龚烨朋 in the 74th minute of play forced Golden Lions FC's goalkeeper Jens-Ola Strömbom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute 唐傲鸿 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jens-Ola Strömbom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to 『挑战者』银河俱乐部 getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. 唐傲鸿 hit a great ball. In the 78th minute, Allan Rudqvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by 温枫正 in the 80th minute of play forced Golden Lions FC's goalkeeper Jens-Ola Strömbom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 81 minutes Golden Lions FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 谢真雄 who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on 『挑战者』银河俱乐部's corner 谢真雄 fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jens-Ola Strömbom quite easily take care of the ball. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind 『挑战者』银河俱乐部's goalkeeper 巩青沙, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 巩青沙 made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Alex Nordström sent off a good shot on target. 『挑战者』银河俱乐部's 巩青沙 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Samuelsson in the 90th minute of play. In the 94th minute of the game, 肖剑竞 landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hans Alén during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Golden Lions FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.