U23 World League

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Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 孙振骋 got the match started through his kick off. ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's 郭铮远 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Folke Flink in the 2nd minute of play. With an all-out effort, Plan B's 郭铮远 threw himself towards the right post 3 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Folke Flink, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 5th match minute, Plan B was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michael Stipe to maneuver through the defense. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Plan B's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 许泉岩 was slow to take the kick. During this time ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Plan B's goalie and right to 刘霖庭. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Plan B's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 13th minute, 冯霖青 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Plan B's Ulf Lundblad slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 郭铮远. That made the score 1-0 after 15 minutes of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Folke Flink kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving 郭铮远. That made the score 2-0 in the 20 minute of play. When Folke Flink came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Plan B fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Folke Flink couldn't finish the play. 郭铮远 was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Folke Flink showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 30 minute of play. Vincent Pihlgren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. 郭铮远 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 郭铮远 made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Vincent Pihlgren sent off a good shot on target. In the 42nd minute Bennvar Nikkinen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 郭铮远 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute of the match, Bennvar Nikkinen tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but 郭铮远 saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 43 played minutes ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 got a freekick which was hit by 徐烨洋. 郭铮远 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Folke Flink in the 44th minute of the match. 郭铮远 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Folke Flink in the 45th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Folke Flink was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute Vincent Pihlgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 郭铮远 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th minute of the match Peter Buck sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but 郭铮远 skillfully saved the ball. In the 61st minute, Folke Flink made a precise shot to the right of 郭铮远. ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Folke Flink in the 67th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's goalkeeper 郭铮远 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 郭铮远 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vincent Pihlgren in the 68th minute of the match. 郭铮远 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Folke Flink in the 69th minute of play. Plan B's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Michael Stipe in the 74th minute. After 80 minutes, 徐烨洋 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 and the Plan B players grew even worse after the yellow card. After some careless play in the ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 defense, Vincent Pihlgren kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 郭铮远. The ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 郭铮远 should have stopped the shot. ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's 郭铮远 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Folke Flink in the 86th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Vincent Pihlgren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 郭铮远 was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Folke Flink in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 郭铮远 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Plan B walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.