U23 World League

Vladikavkaz
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edoardo Pasin started the match with the kick off. Edvin van der Sar didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Arsenal F.C.'s Ziemowit Barciniak shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Edvin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ziemowit Barciniak, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantin Naumov in the 12th minute of play forced Senator S.A.K's goalkeeper Edvin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edvin van der Sar was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Måns Godholm showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 14 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gennadiy Trubkin in the 17th minute of play forced Senator S.A.K's goalkeeper Edvin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cillian Murphy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 22 minutes into the match, Senator S.A.K's goal looked a bit too open when Ziemowit Barciniak came free, but Edvin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Stanko Serdarević in the 25th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Senator S.A.K's Jiang Liang. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantin Naumov in the 26th minute of play forced Senator S.A.K's goalkeeper Edvin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the match, Arsenal F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Edoardo Pasin came free, but Andrey Kolybin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arsenal F.C.'s Andrey Kolybin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edoardo Pasin in the 31st minute of play. Andrey Kolybin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edoardo Pasin's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edoardo Pasin in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Andrey Kolybin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Senator S.A.K's Edvin van der Sar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Senator S.A.K from getting a goal against them. 46 minutes into the game, Senator S.A.K's Edoardo Pasin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Andrey Kolybin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ziemowit Barciniak made a kick off. The supporters of Arsenal F.C. booed when Senator S.A.K was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jiang Liang didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 52 played minutes, Arsenal F.C.'s Iurie Oargă shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Edvin van der Sar 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 Arsenal F.C. reached it. Edvin van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gennadiy Trubkin in the 63rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Arsenal F.C.'s Måns Godholm got a free kick in the 64th minute. Senator S.A.K's Ziemowit Mis was substituted for Tadeusz Zabrzeski. Senator S.A.K made a substitution. Alfredo Llanos replaced Edoardo Pasin. In the 65th match minute, Arsenal F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Måns Godholm to maneuver through the defense. Alfredo Llanos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Andrey Kolybin came out and tried to block the shot, but Alfredo Llanos slotted it home off the left post making it 3-2 in the 67th minute. Arsenal F.C. made a substitution. Arif Lyskov replaced Ziemowit Barciniak. Arsenal F.C.'s Stepan Shalevich was substituted for Viktor Bityagovskiy. Andrey Kolybin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredo Llanos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Måns Godholm in the 73rd minute of play forced Senator S.A.K's goalkeeper Edvin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edvin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gennadiy Trubkin, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Edvin van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gennadiy Trubkin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andrey Kolybin made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Alfredo Llanos sent off a good shot on target. 91 minutes into the match, Arsenal F.C.'s goalkeeper Andrey Kolybin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alfredo Llanos. Edvin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arif Lyskov, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Arsenal F.C. fully deserved thier win.