Friendly League

Slaughtergate
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pete Partridge started the match with the kick off. 朱国战 hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Billie Curtis in the 9th minute of play forced ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C.'s goalkeeper 李杰飞 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edward Preston made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 倪正宇 in the 12th minute of play. In the 16th minute, 高强坚 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edward Preston showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 蔡枫林, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 28 minutes into the match, ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Steve Knott came free, but 李杰飞 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edward Preston showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 蔡枫林, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 李杰飞 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Billie Curtis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute, 于笑斐 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Pete Partridge kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving 李杰飞. That made the score 1-0 in the 37 minute of play. After 41 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Egg Chasers FC! Edward Preston didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 陈升帆 went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 47 minutes into the match, Danny Booth had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 李杰飞. ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Danny Booth was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

After 52 played minutes Egg Chasers FC got a freekick which was hit by Billie Curtis. 李杰飞 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pete Partridge in the 55th minute of play. 高强坚's late challenge caught a Egg Chasers FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 高强坚 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th minute, 高强坚 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pete Partridge in the 62nd minute of play forced ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C.'s goalkeeper 李杰飞 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C.'s 李杰飞 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Billie Curtis in the 65th minute of play. The supporters of Egg Chasers FC booed when ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. 倪正宇 didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 77th minute Pete Partridge shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 李杰飞 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C.'s 朱国战 got a free kick in the 79th minute. 88 minutes into the match, ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Garry Dudgeon came free, but 李杰飞 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 李杰飞 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pete Partridge in the 90th minute of play. Seth Shaw kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match.