U23 League

KEZL TAH MAYDANE
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Turan Akram kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís de Brito in the 4th minute of play forced XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's goalkeeper Gao Qian Jie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 5th minute 鲁凡振 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gao Qian Jie saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Luís de Brito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Elpidio Jakobe kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Gao Qian Jie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís de Brito in the 11th minute of the match. Leal Novais fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gao Qian Jie having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís de Brito in the 18th minute of play forced XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's goalkeeper Gao Qian Jie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute 『挑战者』上海光明队 were awarded a corner. Leal Novais went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that 龙威政 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gao Qian Jie quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Luís Fernando de Queiroz fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 『挑战者』上海光明队's protests and gave Luís Fernando de Queiroz a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB booed when 『挑战者』上海光明队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Fernando de Queiroz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gao Qian Jie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leal Novais in the 28th minute of the match. XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Gao Qian Jie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís de Brito in the 40th minute of play. XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Gao Qian Jie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leal Novais in the 47th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The wind increased when Luís de Brito made the kick off in the second half. Elpidio Jakobe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gao Qian Jie didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 鲁凡振 went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 58 minutes into the match, XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's goal looked a bit too open when Luís de Brito came free, but Gao Qian Jie reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 61 minutes into the game, 冯明博 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 『挑战者』上海光明队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB the free kick. After a rather tough play, 『挑战者』上海光明队's 冯明博 got a free kick in the 61st minute. In the 62nd minute of the match Cebrail Akram shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but 沈博阳 showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rehad Akram in the 63rd minute of play forced 『挑战者』上海光明队's goalkeeper 沈博阳 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 沈博阳 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 汪真浩's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Gao Qian Jie proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB from getting a goal against them. 冯明博 hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. When Rehad Akram came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB 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 Rehad Akram couldn't finish the play. Gao Qian Jie made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís de Brito in the 78th minute of play. 沈博阳 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rehad Akram, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. 沈博阳 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rehad Akram in the 84th minute of the match. If Luís de Brito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 鲁凡振 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gao Qian Jie having to interfere. Luís Fernando de Queiroz got his second yellow card in the match during the 89th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Luís Fernando de Queiroz hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's 汪真浩 got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 95th minute of the match Leal Novais sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gao Qian Jie skillfully saved the ball. 『挑战者』上海光明队 were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.