Challenge

常州市奥林匹克中心
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's 任松锋 started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's Cris Villafane played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fu Ling in the 11th minute of play. Cris Villafane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fu Ling in the 13th minute of the match. 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's Cris Villafane played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 西门 亮 in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 西门 亮 in the 22nd minute of play forced 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's goalkeeper Cris Villafane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cris Villafane didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fu Ling went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 30th minute of the game 邓飞俊 made a throw-in which Fu Ling played forward. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, 任松锋 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's supporters rose to their feet, but 任松锋 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 苏骋夕 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's zone, Fu Ling stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cris Villafane came out of the goal and Fu Ling tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 38th minute Fu Ling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cris Villafane saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's goal looked a bit too open when Fu Ling came free, but Cris Villafane reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If 西门 亮 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 西门 亮 was the one to do the kick off. Cris Villafane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 西门 亮 in the 51st minute of the match. In the 52nd minute Fu Ling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cris Villafane saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cris Villafane showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 西门 亮, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. When Fu Ling came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the U21 China 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 Fu Ling couldn't finish the play. After 64 played minutes U21 China got a freekick which was hit by Gong Cheng Yao. Cris Villafane took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gong Cheng Yao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's Cris Villafane played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 西门 亮 in the 70th minute of play. Cris Villafane came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 China's Fu Ling. But to his dismay, Fu Ling quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 80th match minute, 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arnalt Soldado to maneuver through the defense. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's goalkeeper Cris Villafane, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 89th minute of the game. One of 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of U21 China:s goal. After 95 minutes, 谢强宁 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 and the U21 China players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 95 played minutes 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 got a freekick which was hit by 谢强宁. U21 China's 西门 亮 was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 97th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. When the final whistle sounded U21 China left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量.