Official Cup

上海中医药大学散客场
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edgardo Silva took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a little luck, New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas got control of the ball when 赵乐银 tried to sneak it across the goal line. Keylor Navas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edgardo Silva's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. When 孟朗凡 fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's protests and gave 孟朗凡 a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of New England Minas booed when 『挑战者』Wolf Totem was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. 孟朗凡 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edgardo Silva in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Keylor Navas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Glen Conklin was slow to take the kick. During this time New England Minas's players had a chance to rest. New England Minas's Glen Conklin was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Keylor Navas in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Jeremy Nicholas was out of position in the 16 minute of play, and 赵乐银 capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. 赵乐银 really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Keylor Navas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edgardo Silva's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's Keylor Navas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgardo Silva in the 22nd minute of play. Jeremy Nicholas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 赵乐银, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when 赵乐银 came free, but Jeremy Nicholas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, 赵乐银 put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jeremy Nicholas. Edgardo Silva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match clock showed 34 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Edgardo Silva sped through 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Keylor Navas. 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's Keylor Navas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tony Pacheco in the 36th minute of play. 38 minutes into the game, Ye Gang Cheng threw the ball into play from the sideline. 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's 刘乐铮 quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 41 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's goal looked a bit too open when Edgardo Silva came free, but Keylor Navas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ye Gang Cheng kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. 赵乐银 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Jeremy Nicholas made a huge save. In the 46th minute Tony Pacheco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keylor Navas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Keylor Navas was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tony Pacheco showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-2 in the 51 minute of play. Keylor Navas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgardo Silva in the 56th minute of the match. Keylor Navas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgardo Silva in the 57th minute of play. Tony Pacheco had several of the 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 58 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-3 score and a disappointed Keylor Navas as he didn't even see the shot coming. Keylor Navas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Glen Conklin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alperen Öksüz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Keylor Navas made a huge save. 乔泉树 hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. New England Minas's Hipolito Emenon was substituted for Jörgen Frohm. New England Minas made a substitution. Emmitt Benson replaced Alperen Öksüz. 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's Witalis Ramzinski was substituted for 孟朗凡. A collision led to 『挑战者』Wolf Totem getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. 乔泉树 hit a great ball. 66 minutes into the match, New England Minas's Glen Conklin broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Tio Lio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Keylor Navas made a huge save. Emmitt Benson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Keylor Navas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tony Pacheco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 84th minute, Tio Lio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The New England Minas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmitt Benson in the 86th minute of play forced 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's goalkeeper Keylor Navas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Keylor Navas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tio Lio, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. With an all-out effort, New England Minas's Keylor Navas threw himself towards the right post 91 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tony Pacheco, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. New England Minas were awarded a corner in the 93th minute after 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Glen Conklin took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Tony Pacheco managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand.