U23 World League

Rushden Lakes
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Grant Cornish got the match started through his kick off. Ollie Clark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 苏树林 in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 5th minute Rick Postolan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 龚凡洲 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 10 minutes of play, 【№1】桂花飘香园's 苏树林 made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ollie Clark was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by 苏树林 in the 13th minute of play forced TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of 【№1】桂花飘香园 booed when TibaDons was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Robbie Denham didn't get a good kick on the ball. 15 minutes into the game, 【№1】桂花飘香园's 肖朗永 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ollie Clark made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. When 倪海城 fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 【№1】桂花飘香园's protests and gave 倪海城 a yellow card for diving instead. 倪海城 kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the game, 【№1】桂花飘香园's 肖朗永 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ollie Clark made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Ollie Clark took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 苏树林, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 28 minutes, Rick Postolan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TibaDons and the 【№1】桂花飘香园 players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ollie Clark made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 苏树林 in the 31st minute of play. In the 32nd minute 肖朗永 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ollie Clark saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ollie Clark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 肖朗永 in the 37th minute of the match. Ollie Clark made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 肖朗永 in the 43rd minute of play. 46 minutes into the match, 苏树林 notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of TibaDons's Ollie Clark. Ollie Clark was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 肖朗永 to make the kick off. 苏树林 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Ollie Clark tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 肖朗永 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ollie Clark having to interfere. If 苏树林 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by 赵博默 in the 62nd minute of play forced TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, 苏树林 fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Ollie Clark showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 倪海城, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. 苏树林 succeeded in the game's 73rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-5. The audience thought a goal was coming when 肖朗永 got free with Ollie Clark in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 苏树林 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Ollie Clark tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ollie Clark made an important save on a dangerous shot by 肖朗永 in the 82nd minute. Callum Windsor's late challenge caught a 【№1】桂花飘香园's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Callum Windsor helped the player get up and apologised. Callum Windsor kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. 85 minutes into the match, 倪海城 dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ollie Clark, 0-6. After a defensive mix-up in TibaDons's zone, 武冰冰 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ollie Clark came out of the goal and 武冰冰 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 肖朗永 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 苏树林 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 【№1】桂花飘香园 played a much better game than TibaDons and deserved their victory. The TibaDons players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.