by Wong Yang, reporting LIVE from the Jalan Besar Stadium
Corinthians 1-1 PSV (FINAL, 5-3 ON PENALTIES)
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FINAL: 5-3, and the PSV staff and players have approached the referee, questioning his decision for a retake of the penalty. One side is dancing in happiness, while the other side is lying and sitting down on the pitch dejectedly. The Man of the Match award has been given to Meulenhof for his amazing saves! The MVP of the Tournament is Matheus da Silva!
FINAL: 5-3, and the PSV staff and players have approached the referee, questioning his decision for a retake of the penalty. One side is dancing in happiness, while the other side is lying and sitting down on the pitch dejectedly. The Man of the Match award has been given to Meulenhof for his amazing saves! The MVP of the Tournament is Matheus da Silva!
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| The dejected PSV players |
Corinthians 5th Penlty: Leonardo Rodriguez kicks the powerless ball to the right, and it's saved by Meulenhof! But the referee has demanded a retake! Rodriguez sends it home, and Corinthians are crowned the champions! It's 5-3 on penalties!
PSV 4th Penalty: Schoonbrood's penalty is saved by Marganelli, who dived to the right! Wonderful save!
Corinthians 4th Penalty: Meulenhof leaned towards the right, and Areias sent it in! 4-3
PSV 3rd Penalty: Daneels puts it through! 3-3
Corinthians 3rd Penalty: dos Santos took a slow run-up to the ball, but still got the job done. 3-2
PSV 2nd Penalty: The PSV player levels it! 2-2
Corinthians 2nd Penalty: Rodrigues powers the shot to the left for the goal! 2-1
PSV 1st Penalty: Rigo puts his foot into the ball for a powerful strike that goes in! 1-1
Corinthians 1st Penalty: da Silva sends it in calmly! 1-0
80+4min - PENALTY SHOOT-OUT! NO EXTRA TIME. IT HAS TO BE SETTLED BY THIS.
80+3min - Close chance! Th free-kick eventually fell to the far right of the post but the Corinthians players were not there to slot it in in tie.
80+2min - One side of the crowd is cheering "Corinthians!" while the other side is cheering "PSV!" The atmosphere is amazing!
80+1min - Santos has been taken off, Rodrigues comes on to replace him.
80min - PSV player being stretchered off.
80min - A crucial 4 minutes of added time has been indicated by the fourth official.77min - EQUALISER! PSV have gotten the goal they've been fighting for, with 3 minutes left in the game. Bannani headed the ball in upon jumping for the well-taken corner. Crowd cheering "PSV! PSV!"
77min - The long ball somehow made its way right in front of the goal, but Victor Dias (* my apologies, the Corinthians goalkeeper is Marganelli) the tips it away.
73min - Rodriguez doesn't look like he's been injured, because he dances around the defender drills a shot towards goal. Unfortunately for Corinthians, it was saved by Meulenhof.
71min - Yellow card for the substitute Leandro Fernandes. He made a reckless challenge on goalscorer Leonardo Rodriguez. Rodriguez has been stretchered off, but looks ready to return again.
69min - A one-hand save by Corinthians keeper Victor Dias denies PSV of the equaliser. It was a fantastic shot but Dias managed to get his hand onto it.
67min - PSV Substitution: Lassandro Faye is replaced by Leandro Fernandes.
65min - Victor Dias reaches out but cannot grab the ball, and is lucky that the PSV attacker tripped and fell.
63min - Good one-two between Faye and Schoonbrood, but Faye overruns and is stopped by the Corinthians defender.
62min - Flares of temper erupt when a Corinthians player is trampled by his PSV counterpart. The referee breaks the two apart, asserting, "Go away, enough!"
57min - Leonardo Rodriguez lies on the ground in pain. After some treatment, he's back into the game.
55min - The Corinthians players and coaching staff are furious when one of their players are brought down hard by the PSV opponent. Yellow card.
54min - Acrobatic clearance by Bernandino denies PSV of the equaliser after the Dutch side created a golden chance through a corner.
52min - Dante Rigo sends an ambitious free-kick towards goal but it's just off target.
48min - Bannani received the ball on the left but his shot is too high. Wasted!
47min - Corinthians Substitution: Carvalho is replaced by Renan Areias.
45min - Meulenhof goes low to grab the ball away from a speeding da Silva.
43min - Leonardo Rodriguez scores the 1st goal! A poor clearance by the PSV defender got to him and he comfortably sent the ball home. 1-0
41min - Both teams taking the time to pass around.
40min - The 2nd half has begun!
Half Time - The whistle has blown to stop what has been an intense first half. Wonderful football from both sides, but Corinthians have controlled the game more. Their counter attack has been effective, but they were denied again and again by the quick Meulenhof.
39min - When will the ball ever get past Meulenhof!? He made yet another save to deny da Silva of a goal.
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| The half-time whistle has been blown! |
37min - Corinthians don't seem to be playing l like they have one man less than their opponents.
36min - The searching free-kick is headed down but it's wide.
36min - Dante Rigo wowing the crowd again with his sick skills. Then a foul called on Corinthians, PSV free-kick.
35min - You can just feel the excitement from the crowd. It's been an entertaining match thus far.
34min - Corinthians produce yet another terrific one-two but they're eventually stopped by the alert PSV defence.
32min - Lima runs in an attempt to latch onto the long ball on the counter-attack but Meulenhof comes out of the penalty area to get to it first and deflects the ball away.
30min - Frizzo powers yet another shot towards the top right corner of the goal, but Meulenhof makes a remarkable tip to keep it 0-0.
27min - Amir Catic attempts to penetrate the defence but the bigger Carvalho muscles the ball away from him.
26min - Two PSV players played a well-timed one-two, but their teammate's shot is low and lacks power to cause any danger.
24min - Fantastic quick passes by the Corinthians players sees Frizzo get a powerful shot off. Fortunately for PSV, Meulenhof makes a wonderful save to deny the Brazilian player.
22min - Victor Dias is furious when his teammates leave a PSV player unmarked, which almost caused a goal. You can see how seriously he takes this game.
20min - A red card is shown to a Amadio after he made a bad challenge. Will they still have that same electric energy with 10 men?
19min - An extremely accurate cross from PSV's Amir Catic sees his teammate waiting outside the goal at the receiving end. The PSV player's header is well caught by the Corinthians keeper Victor Dias.
18min - da Silva headed the ball to the feet of teammate Gustavo Amadio, but the defence does well to deny him from going further.
17min - There's a significantly higher tempo to this game, and the crowd is loving it.
16min - PSV Number 5 Lassana Faye creatively drifts past two Corinthians defenders, but is unable to get past the third one. Good effort though.
14min - A low corner from da Silva was well cleared by a PSV defender.
12min - PSV will have to find a more efficient way to overcome the midfield challenge if they are to get the opening goal.
10min - Aggressive defence by the Corinthians players, closing in on every ball. It is certainly getting the crowd hyped up.
7min - Leonarda Lima dancing around and gets a shot off with his right foot. It was well saved by Meulenhof. Nice football.
6min - Matheus da Silva drills a low free-kick towards goal but it's just wide!
3min - Corinthians came really close but PSV keeper van de Meulenhof showed that he was worthy of the title "Best Goalkeeper of the TFF Antalya Tournament" with a good save.
2min - It's just two minutes into the game but you can feel a much more high-energy match. Quick touches, hard passes and greater pace.
1min - Kick-off!
0min - The teams have shaken hands, The match is about to start!
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| The players and referees lining up |
0min - PSV starting line-up:
Mike van de Meulenhof
Roel van Linschoten
Lassan Faye
Dante Rigo (C)
Joey Konings
Lennerd Daneels
Matthias Verreth
Jaell Hattu
Armando Obispo
Amar Catic
Robin Schoonbrood
0min - Corinthtians starting line-up:
Renan Borges
Leonardo dos Santos
Wesley Duarte
Matheus Henrique Frizzo
Miullen Natha Carvalho
Matheus da Silva
Leonardo Rodrigues (C)
Victor Marganelli
Roni de Moura
Cesar Santos
Gustavo Franca
0min - 20 minutes to kick-off. It's killing me to wait.
0min - PSV players walking out for their team photo. They will be warming up as well.
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| PSV players (red and black) and Corinthians players (white and black) warming up |
0min - Corinthians currently warming up. The Brazilian side had defeated PSV 2-0 on Wednesday.
NFA U16 4-1 NFA U15 (Full Time)
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| Players shaking hands after the game |
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| Players shaking hands after the game |
79min - Hami Syahin fights to get pass two defenders but they close down on him.
78min - We're approaching the final whistle (80 minutes). 2 minutes of added time signalled by the fourth official.
77min - Yellow card for Syafiq Irawan. Free-kick goes straight into the wall. The free-kick taker, Hami Syahin, didn't see his teammate Jordan Chan waiting on the left.
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| The U16s |
75min - It's a nicely taken free-kick, but a little too much to the left.
74min - Vishall receives a yellow card for a bad tackle. Free-kick to the U15s.
73min - Suzliman picks up a yellow card for diving.
68min - Irfan Fandi gets a shot off from the right of the post but it goes wide.
67min - Gareth Low of the U16 side shoots a poor free-kick.
65min - The U16s get their 4th goal after the keeper fumbles the ball in front of goal scorer Lionel Tan.
63min - Players from both sides showing signs of fatigue.
62min - The U15 keeper seems fine now, because he just made an athletic jump to grab the ball.
60min - U15 keeper receiving treatment after colliding with Irfan Fandi.
58min - 3-1 to the U16s! Andin Addie scores, assisted by Irfan Fandi.
57min - U15 substitution: Misawal is replaced by Royston Tan
55min - Great one-two between Amiruldin and Irfan Fandi! But Irfan's shot is off. The defense was sleeping on that play.
54min - Glimpses of skillful moves from players of both sides, but their moves lead to nothing.
54min - Suzliman powers his way towards goal with great skill, but his cross does not pay.
50min - Agustino Saman delivers a cross towards the tall Irfan Fandi but the U15 keeper jumps up to grab it quickly.
49min - Vishaal using his size extremely well. He powered a header just now, ad then muscled the ball away from his opponent.
47min - Stretcher brought on, as a U16 player lies on the ground in pain. He is now being carried off the pitch.
46min - Substitutions: U15's Prakash is replaced by Suzliman. U16's Adam Hakeem, the first goal scorer, is replaced by Rajesh Vishaal.
Half time - 2-1 at half-time. The U16s created more opportunities, and looked more lethal on the counter-attack particularly. There's a Under-8-years-of-age match going on in the middle of the pitch to "entertain" the audience - Team Yellow v Team Blue. I take back the quotation marks from the word entertain! Wonderfully crafted goal from the Blue team.
41min - It's a wasted free-kick by the U15s. Out for a corner.
39min - The U16s really showing they are the more experienced side. They've been stronger in attack. Still, both teams' defence leaves much to be desired.
39min - Terrific work by Shafie leads to Andin Addie receiving the ball outside the penalty box. He muscles his way through and gets a shot off but it's off target.
37min - 2-1! Syafiq Irawan scores the U16's second goal!
36min - Irfan Fandi flicks the ball over the keepr upon receiving a bullet cross, to cheers to the crowd, but it was too powerful a flick and is cleared by the defender.
34min - Shafie latches onto the loose ball down the left. With pace, he sends a cross in but the U16 player at the far right of post does not meet the ball in time.
33min - Terrible throw-in from the U16 player.
31min - U15 keeper saves it comfortably.
30min - Another free-kick awarded to the U16s, this time closer to goal. It looks like Shafie will take it.
28min - Free-kick to the 16 year-olds after Irfan Fandi tussled with his marker.
27min - Amiruldin showing his speed with the ball, but he cannot squeeze past the three U15 defenders.
22min - Cool weather here at the Jalan Besar. 20min - Both teams getting their fair share of the ball, but the U16s seem to be pushing forward more compared to their younger opponents.
17min - Irfan Fandi controls the ball well with his chest but his pass to the wing is inaccurate.
13min - Unmarked, Bashir shoots in the penalty box and scores. It's 1-1!
3min - Adam Hakeem scores with a header! A brilliant free-kick had sent him the ball. He gives the U16 the opening goal!
0min - NFA U15 Line-Up:
Shahrul Affandy (C)
Fadzyl Misawal
Danial Shafiq
Naufal Azman
Hami Syahin
Danish Jefri
Amer Hakeem
Syukri Bashir
Adib Nur Hakim
Fazrin Hawafi
Prakash Raj
0min - NFA U16 Line-Up:
Zharfan Rohaizad
Adam Hakeem
Lionel Tan
Khalili Khalif
Gareth Low (C)
Syafiq Irawan
Amiruldin Asraf
Andin Addie
Irfan Fandi
Ariyan Shamsuddin
Shafie Muliantoh
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