U23 World League

米兰San Siro
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Goianésia E.C's Mário Aparecido started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. When Mark Faiko came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Goianésia E.C fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mark Faiko couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mark Faiko in the 5th minute of play forced 【AC】Milan–为你所依's goalkeeper 梅林斐 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 6th minute of the game. One of 【AC】Milan–为你所依:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Goianésia E.C:s goal. The referee gave Goianésia E.C a penalty, 8 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Diego Almeida, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of 【AC】Milan–为你所依's 梅林斐. 0-1. In the 13th minute 史钢广 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Antunes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 15 played minutes 狄奕威 shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Goianésia E.C's Zé Antunes to catch but 狄奕威 was lucky. It became 1-1 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mark Faiko in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 梅林斐 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 22nd minute Mário Aparecido shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 梅林斐 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in 【AC】Milan–为你所依's zone, Mário Aparecido stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 梅林斐 came out of the goal and Mário Aparecido tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 梅林斐 came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Goianésia E.C's Mário Aparecido. But to his dismay, Mário Aparecido quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Zé Antunes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 史钢广 in the 30th minute of the match. 梅林斐 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mark Faiko's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. After having played for 37 minutes, Mark Faiko managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Goianésia E.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mark Faiko was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 史钢广's late challenge caught a Goianésia E.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 史钢广 helped the player get up and apologised. 40 minutes into the match, Mark Faiko notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of 【AC】Milan–为你所依's 梅林斐. 梅林斐 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mark Faiko in the 43rd minute of play forced 【AC】Milan–为你所依's goalkeeper 梅林斐 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 史钢广 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Goianésia E.C getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Mark Faiko hit a great ball. 53 minutes into the match, Goianésia E.C's Mário Aparecido sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 梅林斐 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Mark Faiko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 梅林斐 was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 60 minutes, the score became 1-6 when Mark Faiko sped through 【AC】Milan–为你所依's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of 梅林斐. If Mark Faiko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 67 minutes into the match, 【AC】Milan–为你所依's goalkeeper 梅林斐 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mário Aparecido. Mark Faiko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that Mark Faiko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 梅林斐 was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Mário Aparecido sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 78 minutes, Mark Faiko made it 1-7 with a short kick to the right side. 【AC】Milan–为你所依's 梅林斐 tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Goianésia E.C's Mark Faiko was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 87th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. 梅林斐 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mark Faiko's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. 梅林斐 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mário Aparecido in the 92nd minute. Goianésia E.C's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.