U23 League

Callaway Stadium
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 魏义天 got the match started through his kick off. Callaway AFC's Krim Mérah-Benida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 魏义天 in the 2nd minute of play. Krim Mérah-Benida came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by 宁夏固原犀牛队's 魏义天. But to his dismay, 魏义天 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 魏义天 took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Krim Mérah-Benida. Krim Mérah-Benida dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. When René Mohamed fell near the penalty area in the 13th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Callaway AFC's protests and gave René Mohamed a yellow card for diving instead. René Mohamed hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by 魏义天 in the 15th minute of play forced Callaway AFC's goalkeeper Krim Mérah-Benida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 16 minutes into the match, 陆鸿亦 notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Callaway AFC's Krim Mérah-Benida. Krim Mérah-Benida was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the Callaway AFC defense, 程浩森 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Krim Mérah-Benida. The Callaway AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Krim Mérah-Benida should have stopped the shot. 26 minutes into the game, 宁夏固原犀牛队's 魏义天 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Krim Mérah-Benida made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. In the 29th minute, 陆鸿亦 made a precise shot to the right of Krim Mérah-Benida. Callaway AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. Callaway AFC's Krim Mérah-Benida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 程浩森 in the 36th minute of play. Callaway AFC's Krim Mérah-Benida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 陆鸿亦 in the 37th minute of play. 程浩森 took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Krim Mérah-Benida. Krim Mérah-Benida dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-9. 43 minutes into the match, Callaway AFC's goal looked a bit too open when 陆鸿亦 came free, but Krim Mérah-Benida reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Callaway AFC's Krim Mérah-Benida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 魏义天 in the 45th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-10 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Krim Mérah-Benida was out of position in the 52 minute of play, and 邱烨棋 capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. 邱烨棋 really showed his touch with that goal: 0-11. Krim Mérah-Benida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 程浩森, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 55th minute 邱烨棋 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Krim Mérah-Benida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Callaway AFC getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Cheb Hemdani hit a great ball. Krim Mérah-Benida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 程浩森, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute, 魏义天 made a precise shot to the right of Krim Mérah-Benida. Callaway AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-12. 63 minutes into the match, Callaway AFC's goalkeeper Krim Mérah-Benida had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 魏义天. Krim Mérah-Benida was a little too slow when 程浩森 got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 64th minute. The score was now 0-13. With a little luck, Callaway AFC's Krim Mérah-Benida got control of the ball when 魏义天 tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 71st minute, 宁夏固原犀牛队's 陆鸿亦 ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Krim Mérah-Benida. Krim Mérah-Benida yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-14. 74 minutes into the match, Callaway AFC's goal looked a bit too open when 魏义天 came free, but Krim Mérah-Benida reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 75 played minutes Callaway AFC got a freekick which was hit by Billel Cohen. Krim Mérah-Benida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 程浩森 in the 78th minute of play. Krim Mérah-Benida came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by 宁夏固原犀牛队's 魏义天. But to his dismay, 魏义天 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-15. Krim Mérah-Benida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 程浩森 in the 82nd minute of the match. 83 minutes into the match, Callaway AFC's goalkeeper Krim Mérah-Benida had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 陆鸿亦. 陆鸿亦's late challenge caught a Callaway AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 陆鸿亦 helped the player get up and apologised. After 85 played minutes 宁夏固原犀牛队 got a freekick which was hit by 陆鸿亦. Krim Mérah-Benida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 程浩森 in the 88th minute of the match. Krim Mérah-Benida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 程浩森 in the 91st minute of play. 魏义天 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Krim Mérah-Benida made a huge save. 96 minutes into the match, 魏义天 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Krim Mérah-Benida. Callaway AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 魏义天 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-16. When the final whistle sounded 宁夏固原犀牛队 left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Callaway AFC.