U18 World League

大连星海湾大球场
Spectators: 8114 (Terracing: 6087, Seating: 1866, VIP seats: 161) The mood of the audience was pleasant when John Guidetti made the kick off which started today's match. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 肖宽挺 shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 6th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Sebastian Blomkvist but with some difficulty. 郭剑桦 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from John Guidetti in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute, 庄邦林 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Baxters Boys's Aaron Siggman got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers John Guidetti in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 郭剑桦 saved 『挑战者』大连星海湾 from getting behind. 郭剑桦 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leo Wållander in the 12th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leo Wållander in the 12th minute of play forced 『挑战者』大连星海湾's goalkeeper 郭剑桦 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind 『挑战者』大连星海湾's goalkeeper 郭剑桦, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Baxters Boys's Christer Bäck suffered a concussion in the 32nd minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. In the 35th minute Maximilian Askestät shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 郭剑桦 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aaron Siggman took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 37th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for 郭剑桦. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Maximilian Askestät hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. John Guidetti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. 郭剑桦 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 郭剑桦 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximilian Askestät, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 谢希晨 was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, 肖朗明 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. 郭剑桦 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximilian Askestät in the 58th minute of the match. 郭剑桦 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of John Guidetti's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. Leo Wållander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. 郭剑桦 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sebastian Blomkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 肖朗明, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. 肖朗明 scored 2-0 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sebastian Blomkvist, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. John Guidetti could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but 郭剑桦 made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when John Guidetti got free with 郭剑桦 in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Maximilian Askestät recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 88 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 肖宽挺 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sebastian Blomkvist narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 89 played minutes 『挑战者』大连星海湾 got a freekick which was hit by 谢希晨. A collision led to 『挑战者』大连星海湾 getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. 庄邦林 hit a great ball. 96 minutes into the game, 肖朗明 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Baxters Boys the free kick. In the 96th match minute, 『挑战者』大连星海湾 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 肖朗明 to maneuver through the defense.