U23 League

St LuXun Park
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 鲁志银 got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Brice Lewry hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 【AC】黔之星『铁血连』™NB's defense didn't have a chance, in the 7th minute, when Brice Lewry scored to the left of an out of position 刘乐烨, making the score, 1-0. Bradley Obree hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. In the 11th minute of the match 鲁志银 shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Baxter Baba showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 刘乐烨 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carmichael Tinsley in the 12th minute. 【AC】黔之星『铁血连』™NB's defense didn't have a chance, in the 13th minute, when Fletcher Baba scored to the left of an out of position 刘乐烨, making the score, 2-0. A collision led to Australian Youth Academy getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Carmichael Tinsley hit a great ball. 【AC】黔之星『铁血连』™NB's 刘乐烨 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save 【AC】黔之星『铁血连』™NB from getting a goal against them. Carmichael Tinsley kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by 孙铮锋 in the 27th minute of play forced Australian Youth Academy's goalkeeper Baxter Baba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute of the match, Fletcher Baba tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but 刘乐烨 saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 33 minutes into the match, 【AC】黔之星『铁血连』™NB's goal looked a bit too open when Brice Lewry came free, but 刘乐烨 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute, 姚永烽 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 【AC】黔之星『铁血连』™NB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Baxter Baba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 杜悦耀 in the 41st minute of the match. In the 48th minute, Carmichael Tinsley ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 刘乐烨 was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fletcher Baba was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd match minute, Australian Youth Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jones Schutt to maneuver through the defense. 刘乐烨 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brice Lewry in the 55th minute of play. When Carmichael Baba fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Australian Youth Academy's protests and gave Carmichael Baba a yellow card for diving instead. In the 57th match minute, Australian Youth Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carmichael Baba to maneuver through the defense. Baxter Baba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 姚永烽, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. 刘乐烨 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fletcher Baba in the 61st minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fletcher Baba in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 刘乐烨 saved 【AC】黔之星『铁血连』™NB from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Sharizan Keng's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 刘乐烨 was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. 刘乐烨 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fletcher Baba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 79 minutes of play, Australian Youth Academy's Fletcher Baba made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 刘乐烨 was left in no man's land by his defense there! With an all-out effort, 【AC】黔之星『铁血连』™NB's Baxter Baba threw himself towards the right post 81 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 孙铮锋, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Fletcher Baba recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Baxter Baba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 姚永烽, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. 刘乐烨 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brice Lewry in the 94th minute of play. Australian Youth Academy's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.