U23 World League

Greenhous Meadow
Spectators: 7591 (Terracing: 5694, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Virgilio Mangas kicked off to start the match. 蔡诚光 might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dick van der Stoel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 蔡诚光 ran back to his position shaking his head. Michael Valentijn's late challenge caught a ≮王者归来≯恒方FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Michael Valentijn helped the player get up and apologised. After 9 played minutes Fargo SC got a freekick which was hit by Michael Valentijn. 钱阳晨 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sylvan Baggio in the 11th minute of play. Dick van der Stoel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 蔡诚光 in the 13th minute of the match. A collision led to Fargo SC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Michael Valentijn hit a great ball. 蔡诚光 scored 0-1 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dick van der Stoel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, ≮王者归来≯恒方FC's Hernán Alacuart got a free kick in the 26th minute. Billy Sluis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but 钱阳晨 made a huge save. In the 29th minute, Virgilio Mangas 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. ≮王者归来≯恒方FC's 钱阳晨 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sylvan Baggio in the 30th minute of play. 蔡诚光 might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dick van der Stoel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 蔡诚光 ran back to his position shaking his head. Dick van der Stoel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 蔡诚光, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯恒方FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sylvan Baggio came free, but 钱阳晨 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 38 minutes, 蔡诚光 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ≮王者归来≯恒方FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but 蔡诚光 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 38 minutes, 刘明剑 made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Fargo SC's Dick van der Stoel tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 钱阳晨 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Virgilio Mangas in the 45th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 蔡诚光 in the 47th minute of play forced Fargo SC's goalkeeper Dick van der Stoel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 刘明剑 was the one to do the kick off. ≮王者归来≯恒方FC's 蔡诚光 got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sylvan Baggio in the 59th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯恒方FC's goalkeeper 钱阳晨 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fargo SC's Dick van der Stoel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 蔡诚光 in the 62nd minute of play. The throw-in from Michael Valentijn in the 65th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ≮王者归来≯恒方FC's Gheorghe Paulescu. In the 66th minute, Hernán Alacuart hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 68 minutes into the match, 蔡诚光 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dick van der Stoel. Fargo SC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 蔡诚光 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. 73 minutes into the match, Fargo SC's goalkeeper Dick van der Stoel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 蔡诚光. 蔡诚光 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If 蔡诚光 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 80th minute, Pedro Augusto Luz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when 刘明剑 got free with Dick van der Stoel in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that 蔡诚光's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dick van der Stoel was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Jouke Lever hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. De-Jesús Beckenbauer hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. In the 91st minute of the match Casper Tinselboer shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but 钱阳晨 showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. ≮王者归来≯恒方FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.