U18 World League

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Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fedor Lapin made the kick off which started today's match. Konstantin Leshin hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's 赵旭默 couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 10th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for STORM. With a little luck, STORM's Konstantin Kuznetsov got control of the ball when 孔铮笑 tried to sneak it across the goal line. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by STORM's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 赵旭默 was slow to take the kick. During this time 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that 赵旭默 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Konstantin Kuznetsov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 15 minutes of play, STORM's Artur Blinov made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 俞彬棋 was left in no man's land by his defense there! 俞彬棋 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksandr Zheronkin in the 18th minute of the match. 赵旭默 hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's 赵旭默 got a free kick in the 21st minute. Konstantin Kuznetsov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 方建弘, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. When 孔铮笑 fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's protests and gave 孔铮笑 a yellow card for diving instead. After 28 played minutes 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 got a freekick which was hit by 卓然威. 30 minutes into the match, Fedor Lapin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 俞彬棋. 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fedor Lapin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 方建弘 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Kuznetsov having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 方建弘 to make the kick off. Fedor Lapin in the 52ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of 俞彬棋, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a rather tough play, STORM's Konstantin Leshin got a free kick in the 54th minute. 俞彬棋 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fedor Lapin in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 66th match minute, 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 石翀翀 to maneuver through the defense. 俞彬棋 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksandr Zheronkin, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. STORM's Konstantin Kuznetsov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 方建弘 in the 73rd minute of play. 俞彬棋 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksandr Zheronkin, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. The supporters of STORM booed when 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. 孔铮笑 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 俞彬棋 made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Fedor Lapin sent off a good shot on target. After 78 played minutes 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 got a freekick which was hit by 石翀翀. Aleksandr Zheronkin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but 俞彬棋 made a huge save. If 蒋霆思 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Fedor Lapin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 俞彬棋 was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's 马光霆 got a free kick in the 92nd minute. 方建弘 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Konstantin Kuznetsov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. STORM walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.