U18 World League

福建蓝蛇
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kristoffer Johansson took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Al-Norr's Gunnar Nordahl in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ≮Empire≯ 福建蓝蛇's goalie prevented a goal. 周勇剑 came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Al-Norr's Gunnar Nordahl. But to his dismay, Gunnar Nordahl quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 周勇剑 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gunnar Nordahl in the 15th minute of play. After 17 played minutes ≮Empire≯ 福建蓝蛇 got a freekick which was hit by 朱博林. 周勇剑 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gunnar Nordahl went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brian Boklund in the 27th minute of play forced ≮Empire≯ 福建蓝蛇's goalkeeper 周勇剑 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Gunnar Nordahl came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Al-Norr 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 Gunnar Nordahl couldn't finish the play. 周勇剑 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristoffer Johansson in the 31st minute of the match. 邱川南 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Egon Sundström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 孙强响 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egon Sundström having to interfere. 周勇剑 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kristoffer Johansson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Egon Sundström made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when 邱川南 sent off a good shot on target. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

周勇剑 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kristoffer Johansson's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Egon Sundström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 朱博林 in the 57th minute of play. 孙强响 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by 孙强响 in the 70th minute of play forced Al-Norr's goalkeeper Egon Sundström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ≮Empire≯ 福建蓝蛇 were awarded a corner in the 72th minute after Al-Norr's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. 苏泉瑜 took the corner. ≮Empire≯ 福建蓝蛇's 苏泉瑜 was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Egon Sundström in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Al-Norr getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Evert Bremming hit a great ball. In the 75th minute of the match 苏泉瑜 sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Egon Sundström skillfully saved the ball. When 孙强响 fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ≮Empire≯ 福建蓝蛇's protests and gave 孙强响 a yellow card for diving instead. 孙强响 kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. 89 minutes into the match, ≮Empire≯ 福建蓝蛇's goal looked a bit too open when Kristoffer Johansson came free, but 周勇剑 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Al-Norr left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ≮Empire≯ 福建蓝蛇.