U23 World League

Politecnico
Spectators: 7546 (Terracing: 5661, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anselmi Ruhanen made the kick off which started today's match. Vedillo Legarda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Xu Chong Yuan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Erez Marica in the 6thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Xu Chong Yuan, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 9th minute Manu Nyyssönen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Repiso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erez Marica in the 12thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Xu Chong Yuan, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 18th minute Vilho Luotonen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Repiso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xu Chong Yuan had in the 23rdth minute some difficulties stopping Rodrigo De Paul's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his right side, but he still managed to hold the ball Xu Chong Yuan came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Intimos de Reynoso's Rodrigo De Paul. But to his dismay, Rodrigo De Paul quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. After 28 minutes, Erez Marica made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. FC Jones's Xu Chong Yuan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 33 minutes into the match, FC Jones's goalkeeper Xu Chong Yuan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vedillo Legarda. Patrick Dahlman charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Patrick Dahlman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Intimos de Reynoso booed when FC Jones was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrick Dahlman didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Intimos de Reynoso's Erez Marica in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Jones's goalie prevented a goal. 39 minutes into the match, FC Jones's goal looked a bit too open when Erez Marica came free, but Xu Chong Yuan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xu Chong Yuan had great luck who in the 46thth minute grab hold of the ball when Erez Marica from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Erez Marica made a kick off. When Intimos de Reynoso's Erez Marica in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Jones's goalie prevented a goal. Xu Chong Yuan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erez Marica in the 53rd minute of the match. 55 minutes into the game, Leonardo Freire was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Intimos de Reynoso's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Jones the free kick. After 55 played minutes Intimos de Reynoso got a freekick which was hit by Leonardo Freire. After 56 minutes, Vedillo Legarda mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Intimos de Reynoso and the FC Jones players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Intimos de Reynoso's Vedillo Legarda got a free kick in the 56th minute. After a rather tough play, Intimos de Reynoso's Vedillo Legarda got a free kick in the 58th minute. Xavian Aquino lost his temper 59 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 59th minute of the game. One of Intimos de Reynoso:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC Jones:s goal. Intimos de Reynoso:s Paulo Repiso showed great skill when he stopped Jarmo Vainio:s penalty. Xu Chong Yuan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tavo Arrelucea in the 67th minute of play. Paulo Repiso was a little too slow when Jonni Pasoja got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 69th minute. The score was now 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tavo Arrelucea in the 74th minute of play forced FC Jones's goalkeeper Xu Chong Yuan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xu Chong Yuan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonatan Herrador, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paulo Repiso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patrick Dahlman in the 83rd minute of play. FC Jones's Xu Chong Yuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Janpier Alvisto in the 85th minute of play. After 86 played minutes FC Jones got a freekick which was hit by Tony Sanevuori. Tavo Arrelucea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xu Chong Yuan having to interfere. Tony Sanevuori kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. If Tavo Arrelucea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Jonatan Herrador's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xu Chong Yuan was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Jones's goalkeeper Xu Chong Yuan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. FC Jones's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.