Prized/Friendly Cup

Stadio Ennio Tardini
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Acácio Nogueira made the kick off which started today's match. AC Batán's Ni Le Zheng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Turgut Soyuer in the 14th minute of play. Ni Le Zheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Turgut Soyuer in the 14th minute of play. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Turgut Soyuer in the 15th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Xu Yong Feng heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Acácio Nogueira might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over David Abad. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Acácio Nogueira ran back to his position shaking his head. 17 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Acácio Nogueira came free, but David Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Turgut Soyuer. Long Xiang Yuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. AC Batán's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gong Feng in the 26th minute. It was a well-played corner which Konrad Wielkopolski managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After some careless play in the Chinese CJ Youth Academy defense, Acácio Nogueira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Abad. The Chinese CJ Youth Academy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Abad should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Turgut Soyuer in the 31st minute of play forced AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 32 minutes, Konrad Wielkopolski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AC Batán and the Chinese CJ Youth Academy players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 32 played minutes AC Batán got a freekick which was hit by Konrad Wielkopolski. 33 minutes into the match, AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Günther Doty. David Abad showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Acácio Nogueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. After 47 played minutes AC Batán got a freekick which was hit by Enzo-Nicolás Perez. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Günther Doty made the kick off in the second half. After 57 minutes of play, AC Batán's Acácio Nogueira made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. David Abad was left in no man's land by his defense there! 62 minutes into the game, Turgut Soyuer cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Ni Le Zheng was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. AC Batán's Acácio Nogueira got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 71st minute Günther Doty shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ni Le Zheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, AC Batán's goal looked a bit too open when Turgut Soyuer came free, but Ni Le Zheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute of the match Chinese CJ Youth Academy got a corner. AC Batán's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Turgut Soyuer ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Turgut Soyuer almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but AC Batán's Ni Le Zheng did a great save. The attack was good, but when Günther Doty in the 74th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. The Chinese CJ Youth Academy fans' excitement grew in the 77th match minute when Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Günther Doty looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. AC Batán's Ladislao Muc was substituted for Acácio Nogueira. AC Batán's Cristoforo Di Ruscio was substituted for José Carlos da Silveira. Ni Le Zheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Turgut Soyuer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. David Abad made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Ladislao Muc sent off a good shot on target. After 89 minutes of play, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Günther Doty made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ni Le Zheng was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Xu Yong Feng got a free kick in the 94th minute.

Chinese CJ Youth Academy walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.