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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 刘晨霆 kicked off to start the match. 巩弘政 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Cox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 巩弘政 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Micah Macdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. A collision led to 巴塞罗那中国U22分校 getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. 傅皓适 hit a great ball. Issac Dawson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 巩弘政 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Micah Macdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 巩弘政 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 22nd minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, England's Micah Macdonald sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 巩弘政 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 毛俊帆 hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. 31 minutes into the game, England's Kyle Cox nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 巩弘政 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Khalid Kennedy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 傅皓适, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Kyle Cox might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 巩弘政. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kyle Cox ran back to his position shaking his head. 巩弘政 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Cox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th minute, 傅皓适 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The 巴塞罗那中国U22分校 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. England were winning 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kyle Cox stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Micah Macdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 55 minutes into the match, 巴塞罗那中国U22分校's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but 巩弘政 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 傅皓适 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Khalid Kennedy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kyle Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. England's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Micah Macdonald in the 68th minute. The corner ended in Quinn Holmes almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 巴塞罗那中国U22分校's 巩弘政 did a great save. Micah Macdonald could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but 巩弘政 made a huge save. In the 70th minute, Micah Macdonald reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of 巩弘政. The goal made the score 0-3. 巩弘政 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kyle Cox's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. In the 77th minute, Kyle Cox 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. The supporters of 巴塞罗那中国U22分校 booed when England was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kyle Cox didn't get a good kick on the ball. Seth Young kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kyle Cox in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 巩弘政 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Issac Dawson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. 巩弘政 came out and tried to block the shot, but Issac Dawson slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 86th minute. After 91 played minutes, 巴塞罗那中国U22分校's 曾夕洲 shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Khalid Kennedy came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in 巴塞罗那中国U22分校 reached it. If Kyle Cox had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the final whistle sounded England left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than 巴塞罗那中国U22分校.