Official Cup

Linghed Arena
Spectators: 451 (Terracing: 339, Seating: 103, VIP seats: 9) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Huang Feng Sha got the match started through his kick off. Tage Brolin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Shen Cheng Yuan having to make a save. In the 5th minute the ball was on its way in behind 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's goalkeeper Shen Cheng Yuan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Linghed Angels FC's Andy Strömberg got a free kick in the 6th minute. Linghed Angels FC's Ronny Tiger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zeng Zhen in the 8th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Linghed Angels FC's Tage Brolin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Shen Cheng Yuan. That made the score 1-0 after 10 minutes of play. Andy Strömberg's late challenge caught a 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andy Strömberg helped the player get up and apologised. 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's Shen Cheng Yuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tage Brolin in the 20th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Tage Brolin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Linghed Angels FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Tage Brolin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Shen Cheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Shen Cheng Yuan made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Tage Brolin sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nicklas Hernström during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 25 played minutes Linghed Angels FC got a freekick which was hit by Nicklas Hernström. In the 26th minute Hu Nan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronny Tiger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Qin Jun made in the 28th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Lv Yu immediately put the ball in play. 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's Shen Cheng Yuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicklas Hernström in the 32nd minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Tage Brolin could shoot a difficult shot in the 35th minute, which Shen Cheng Yuan however easily saved by the left post. After 37 minutes, Zhuang Hong mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』 and the Linghed Angels FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』 getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Zhuang Hong hit a great ball. Shen Cheng Yuan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicklas Hernström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』 booed when Linghed Angels FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tage Brolin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th minute, Andy Strömberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nicklas Hernström stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zeng Zhen in the 53rd minute of play forced Linghed Angels FC's goalkeeper Ronny Tiger to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lv Yu made in the 58th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Huang Feng Sha however managed to control. In the 62nd minute, Tage Brolin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Linghed Angels FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. 66 minutes into the match, 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's goal looked a bit too open when Tage Brolin came free, but Shen Cheng Yuan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 66 minutes into the match, 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's goal looked a bit too open when Nicklas Hernström came free, but Shen Cheng Yuan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 67 played minutes 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』 got a freekick which was hit by Qin Jun. In the 68th minute, Nicklas Hernström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Linghed Angels FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. A hard shot 73 in the game by Huang Feng Sha from a close distance when the talented Ronny Tiger managed to make a qualified save. Linghed Angels FC's players were relieved. When Linghed Angels FC's Nicklas Hernström in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's goalie prevented a goal. 76 minutes into the match, João Gaúcho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Shen Cheng Yuan. 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that João Gaúcho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Linghed Angels FC's Ronaldo Nazário De Lima was substituted for Nicklas Hernström. Shen Cheng Yuan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tage Brolin went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. In the 91st minute, Tage Brolin 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. After a defensive mix-up in 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's zone, Ronaldo Nazário De Lima stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Shen Cheng Yuan came out of the goal and Ronaldo Nazário De Lima tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 93 minutes into the game, Linghed Angels FC's Tage Brolin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Shen Cheng Yuan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0.

Linghed Angels FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.