Friendly League

Marakana
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jay Flintoff started the match with the kick off. With his leg Luke Robinson managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when Chelmza Team's Mikolaj Lech fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The crowd rose to their feet as Chelmza Team's Lu Yuan Yin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Luke Robinson. That made the score 1-0 after 8 minutes of play. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Milan's goalkeeper Luke Robinson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lu Yuan Yin in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luke Robinson saved AC Milan from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehmet Akif Ceceli in the 15th minute of play forced AC Milan's goalkeeper Luke Robinson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Lu Yuan Yin kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Luke Robinson. That made the score 3-0 in the 22 minute of play. Lu Yuan Yin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Luke Robinson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, AC Milan's Pat Owen got a free kick in the 26th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Chelmza Team's Zbigniew Boniek tried to score from far away in the 27th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 29 minutes of play, Chelmza Team's Lu Yuan Yin made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luke Robinson was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 32nd match minute, Chelmza Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mariusz Truskovskiy to maneuver through the defense. In the 35th minute, Lu Yuan Yin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luke Robinson was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. 38 minutes into the match, AC Milan's goal looked a bit too open when Lu Yuan Yin came free, but Luke Robinson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th match minute, AC Milan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Richard Thompson to maneuver through the defense. After 42nd play minutes Lu Yuan Yin shot 6-0, a short shot which went by Luke Robinson and just under the crossbar into goal. Luke Robinson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lu Yuan Yin in the 46th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 7-0 at half-time.

Luke Robinson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lu Yuan Yin in the 52nd minute of the match. Lu Yuan Yin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luke Robinson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. Richard Thompson hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lu Yuan Yin in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luke Robinson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Luke Robinson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lu Yuan Yin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes into the game, Chelmza Team's Lu Yuan Yin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luke Robinson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. Richard Thompson hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Chelmza Team's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Zbigniew Boniek in the 77th minute. 83 minutes into the match, Mikolaj Lech had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luke Robinson. AC Milan's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mikolaj Lech was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 12-0. Lu Yuan Yin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luke Robinson having to interfere. After a rather tough play, AC Milan's Richard Thompson got a free kick in the 89th minute. Luke Robinson came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Chelmza Team's Lu Yuan Yin. But to his dismay, Lu Yuan Yin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 13-0. When the referee ended the match the Chelmza Team players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.