U23 League

The Theatre of Dream
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bryan Lam made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯ 梦回盛京's goal looked a bit too open when Bryan Lam came free, but 任铮朋 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 10 minutes, Apollo Speed managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ≮王者归来≯ 梦回盛京's supporters crossed their fingers, but Apollo Speed was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, NFH Family United's Gerard Koh got control of the ball when Per-Olof Bjurström tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to NFH Family United getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Hamir Ching hit a great ball. Bryan Lam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 任铮朋 having to interfere. 31 minutes into the game, Per-Olof Bjurström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Gerard Koh was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 何荣 hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. 任铮朋 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Farhan Hui, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. In the 46th minute NFH Family United were awarded a corner. Merlin Braddell went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on NFH Family United's corner Merlin Braddell fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and 任铮朋 quite easily take care of the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Apollo Speed made a kick off. Firdauz Choy hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. NFH Family United's Gerard Koh played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Per-Olof Bjurström in the 51st minute of play. Gerard Koh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Per-Olof Bjurström in the 53rd minute of the match. 57 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯ 梦回盛京's goal looked a bit too open when Bryan Lam came free, but 任铮朋 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apollo Speed in the 62nd minute of play forced NFH Family United's goalkeeper Gerard Koh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute Apollo Speed shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerard Koh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ≮王者归来≯ 梦回盛京's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Yu Liang Jian in the 67th minute. 69 minutes into the match, Per-Olof Bjurström had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gerard Koh. NFH Family United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Per-Olof Bjurström was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. 任铮朋 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bryan Lam in the 73rd minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, Bryan Lam took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for 任铮朋 to make any attempt to save it.