U18 World League

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Spectators: 7578 (Terracing: 5684, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Stuart Bradbury kicked off to start the match. In the 5th minute, Ronan Woodyat 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. 马景景 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stuart Bradbury, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 雷凡雄 hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronan Woodyat in the 27th minute of play forced 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C's goalkeeper 马景景 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Felix Ball could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but 马景景 made a huge save. 尹明源 kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. A collision led to 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. 马棋军 hit a great ball. In the 40th minute of the match Leicester Foxes Academy got a corner. 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tris Coulthard ran over to the corner to take the kick. During the 41st minute of the match 马棋军 completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave 马棋军 a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C's 马棋军 got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Leicester Foxes Academy's Pete Connett played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 巩诚平 in the 48th minute of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

After 52 minutes, Dean Niven mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Leicester Foxes Academy and the 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Leicester Foxes Academy getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Dean Niven hit a great ball. When 梅响旭 came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.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 梅响旭 couldn't finish the play. 巩诚平 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Pete Connett tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 梅响旭s short, quick shot in the 59thth minute got Pete Connett to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 65th minute, 巩诚平 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. 巩诚平 hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronan Woodyat in the 67th minute of play forced 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C's goalkeeper 马景景 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When 周雄亮 fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C's protests and gave 周雄亮 a yellow card for diving instead. 周雄亮 hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In the 71st minute, Dean Niven hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C's 尹明源 shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 72nd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Pete Connett but with some difficulty. After a rather tough play, 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C's 尹明源 got a free kick in the 75th minute. Tris Coulthard missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 76 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the 马景景 right hand side. After a rather tough play, 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C's 雷凡雄 got a free kick in the 77th minute. 80 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Dean Niven came free, but 马景景 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 马景景 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stuart Bradbury in the 83rd minute of play. Dean Niven hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. 86 minutes into the game, Stuart Bradbury was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Leicester Foxes Academy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 『挑战者』中国红牛Red Bull F.C the free kick. After 87 played minutes Leicester Foxes Academy got a freekick which was hit by Stuart Bradbury. Pete Connett acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 87th minute, took the ball on the long shot from 傅建鹏. Pete Connett made an important save on a dangerous shot by 梅响旭 in the 89th minute. 巩诚平 hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. If 梅响旭 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Leicester Foxes Academy players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.