U23 World League

The Quiver
Spectators: 7486 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Simon Roche took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Apolo Ruy in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Frankie Child saved Arrows Academy FC from getting behind. Simon Roche charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Simon Roche the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Arrows Academy FC's Simon Roche got a free kick in the 12th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Arrows Academy FC's zone, Bruno Maraman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Frankie Child came out of the goal and Bruno Maraman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 17th minute Bruno Maraman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frankie Child saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 19 minutes, Jim Ackroyd mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arrows Academy FC and the Sportivo Ben Hur players grew even worse after the yellow card. Frankie Child showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Maraman in the 23rd minute of the match. Ovidio Maureo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Camron Bullard in the 25th minute. Jim Ackroyd was shown his second yellow card after 33 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Jim Ackroyd kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. After 34 played minutes Sportivo Ben Hur got a freekick which was hit by Celso Incendio. After some careless play in the Arrows Academy FC defense, Bruno Maraman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Frankie Child. The Arrows Academy FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Frankie Child should have stopped the shot. Frankie Child showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Apolo Ruy in the 41st minute of the match. Frankie Child showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Maraman, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After the first half Sportivo Ben Hur were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bruno Maraman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Arrows Academy FC's Frankie Child got control of the ball when Bruno Maraman tried to sneak it across the goal line. Frankie Child made an important save on a dangerous shot by Desiderio Tancredo in the 58th minute. Bruno Maraman had several of the Arrows Academy FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 58 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-2 score and a disappointed Frankie Child as he didn't even see the shot coming. Frankie Child made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bruno Maraman in the 61st minute. Bruno Maraman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Frankie Child made a huge save. Frankie Child made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Desiderio Tancredo sent off a good shot on target. Frankie Child took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bruno Maraman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bruno Maraman succeeded in the game's 81st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-4. Raimundo Primo's late challenge caught a Arrows Academy FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raimundo Primo helped the player get up and apologised. Raimundo Primo kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Frankie Child was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bruno Maraman showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 86 minute of play. Arrows Academy FC's Frankie Child played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Maraman in the 90th minute of play. Frankie Child made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celso Incendio in the 95th minute of play. Sportivo Ben Hur's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.