U18 World League

苏州奥体中心
Spectators: 7582 (Terracing: 5687, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Justo Dimo got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the game, Arnoldo Estavan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Afiq Hongyi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jorge Pelayo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arif Kool in the 11th minute of the match. Jorge Pelayo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zak Sim, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. After 15 played minutes 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 got a freekick which was hit by Haziq Chew. After 16 played minutes, EL CERVECERO F.C.'s Angelo James shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Afiq Hongyi came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in EL CERVECERO F.C. reached it. Jorge Pelayo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sean Yip in the 17th minute of the match. After some careless play in the 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 defense, Pastor Patxi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Afiq Hongyi. The 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Afiq Hongyi should have stopped the shot. Pastor Patxi hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arnoldo Estavan in the 24th minute of play. After a rather tough play, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Haziq Chew got a free kick in the 25th minute. After 25 played minutes, EL CERVECERO F.C.'s Angelo James shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Afiq Hongyi came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in EL CERVECERO F.C. reached it. In the 27th minute, Christian Sanduru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Afiq Hongyi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. If Justo Dimo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Haziq Chew sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 56th minute, Pastor Patxi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Afiq Hongyi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Zak Sim struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Jorge Pelayo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 苏州觅香足球俱乐部. Jorge Pelayo came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Haziq Chew. But to his dismay, Haziq Chew quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. Afiq Hongyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnoldo Estavan, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Afiq Hongyi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Justo Dimo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. EL CERVECERO F.C.'s Jorge Pelayo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sean Yip in the 67th minute of play. After a rather tough play, EL CERVECERO F.C.'s Aquiles Ferrando got a free kick in the 68th minute. In the 87th minute Zak Sim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Pelayo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sean Yip fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorge Pelayo having to interfere. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 from getting a goal against them. Jorge Pelayo came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Zak Sim. But to his dismay, Zak Sim quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-5. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. EL CERVECERO F.C. walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.