League

Boundary Park
Spectators: 7999 (Terracing: 6008, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zhao Yao Ying got the match started through his kick off. When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Zhao Yao Ying sped through Joga Bonito's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gustav Mineja. Gustav Mineja stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zhao Yao Ying's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. Oldham Athletic were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after Joga Bonito's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Filippo Bobbio took the corner. Sakarias Walmarsson made a great header on Oldham Athletic's corner, it was just that Joga Bonito's Gustav Mineja managed to reach the ball for a save. After 13 minutes Joga Bonito's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Filippo Bobbio who took care of the corner kick. In the 14thth minute of the game Waldemar Kiepski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Oldham Athletic's Guo Han Di was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by Joga Bonito's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Filippo Bobbio was slow to take the kick. During this time Oldham Athletic's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Joga Bonito's goalie and right to Sakarias Walmarsson. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Joga Bonito's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. With his leg Gustav Mineja managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when Oldham Athletic's Zhao Yao Ying fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Anthon Söderström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guo Han Di having to interfere. Joga Bonito's Gustav Mineja proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Joga Bonito from getting a goal against them. Joga Bonito's Gustav Mineja proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Joga Bonito from getting a goal against them. 35 minutes into the game, Anthon Söderström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Guo Han Di was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zhao Yao Ying got free with Gustav Mineja in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 42 minutes into the match, Joga Bonito's goalkeeper Gustav Mineja had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zhao Yao Ying. Anxo Cecilia hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waldemar Kiepski in the 44th minute of play forced Oldham Athletic's goalkeeper Guo Han Di to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute, Waldemar Kiepski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Guo Han Di was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Waldemar Kiepski was the one to do the kick off. Gustav Mineja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhao Yao Ying in the 52nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zhao Yao Ying in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gustav Mineja saved Joga Bonito from getting behind. Joga Bonito's Gustav Mineja played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhao Yao Ying in the 56th minute of play. When Zhao Yao Ying came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Oldham Athletic fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zhao Yao Ying couldn't finish the play. Gustav Mineja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhao Yao Ying, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Gustav Mineja stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zhao Yao Ying's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Oldham Athletic's William Tingelholm was substituted for Johannes Willig. Oldham Athletic made a substitution. Sune Axelsson replaced Cristian-Federico Dolić. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Valter Abrahamsson during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Waldemar Kiepskis short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Guo Han Di to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Gustav Mineja stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zhao Yao Ying's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. In the 84th minute Sune Axelsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustav Mineja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zhao Yao Ying might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gustav Mineja. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zhao Yao Ying ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhao Yao Ying in the 85th minute of play forced Joga Bonito's goalkeeper Gustav Mineja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Waldemar Kiepski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Guo Han Di tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Guo Han Di took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anthon Söderström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute, Valter Abrahamsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94thth minute of the game Zhao Yao Ying who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Joga Bonito's Gustav Mineja was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.