U18 World League

伯纳乌球场
Spectators: 7674 (Terracing: 5756, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when 周亮竞 made the kick off which started today's match. Benito Hyde kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Rusty Little made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 周亮竞 in the 6th minute of play. In the 7th minute 上海嘉定鱼腩俱乐部队 were awarded a corner. 徐凡潮 went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 8th match minute, 上海嘉定鱼腩俱乐部队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 周城宁 to maneuver through the defense. Jamar Burton's late challenge caught a 上海嘉定鱼腩俱乐部队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jamar Burton helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Santos FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Jamar Burton hit a great ball. Santos FC's Rusty Little played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 周亮竞 in the 11th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Benito Hyde during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Benito Hyde hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. 倪阳克 scored 1-0 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rusty Little, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Darryl Pollard during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Santos FC's Darryl Pollard got a free kick in the 21st minute. 23 minutes into the match, Santos FC's goalkeeper Rusty Little had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 倪阳克. After a rather tough play, 上海嘉定鱼腩俱乐部队's 赵辉希 got a free kick in the 24th minute. In the 25th minute, Jamar Maxwell got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 28thth minute of the game 周亮竞 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Santos FC's Rusty Little was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 周亮竞 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Rusty Little made a huge save. In the 33rd minute, 上海嘉定鱼腩俱乐部队's 周亮竞 ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Rusty Little. Rusty Little yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. 周亮竞 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Rusty Little made a huge save. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pedro Finn stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 谢远庭 made a fantastic save in the 50th minute, when Jamar Burton sent off a good shot on target. 谢远庭 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Milton Heath, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 53rd minute of the match, Jamar Burton tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but 谢远庭 saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Leon Burr hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Santos FC's zone, 周亮竞 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rusty Little came out of the goal and 周亮竞 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rusty Little took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 倪阳克, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 倪阳克 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rusty Little having to interfere. Benito Hyde kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. If 周城宁 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 78th match minute, Santos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leon Burr to maneuver through the defense. 周亮竞 struck a weak shot in the 79th minute. Rusty Little didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 上海嘉定鱼腩俱乐部队. Rusty Little made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 倪阳克 in the 81st minute of play. Santos FC's Rusty Little played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 周亮竞 in the 84th minute of play. Pedro Finn hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. 谢远庭 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jamar Burton in the 91st minute of the match. In the 96th minute, 周亮竞 made a precise shot to the right of Rusty Little. Santos FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. 上海嘉定鱼腩俱乐部队 had won after a very even match.