Friendly League

湖北鄂州联队
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Swanley FC's Firdauz Tuan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Samuel Butcher took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 杜挺兴. 杜挺兴 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Samuel Butcher received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. 杜挺兴 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Samuel Butcher put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of 杜挺兴. Samuel Yip received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. 杜挺兴 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Firdauz Tuan in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 杜挺兴 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 邵风博 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Felix Wenyong made an important save on a dangerous shot by 邵风博 in the 23rd minute. In the 28th minute, Mark Amin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 杜挺兴 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Firdauz Tuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 杜挺兴 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Firdauz Tuan in the 32nd minute of play. Samuel Butcher received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. 杜挺兴 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 40 minutes into the match, Firdauz Tuan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 杜挺兴. 湖北鄂州联队's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Firdauz Tuan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 程皓南 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 史洲枫 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Felix Wenyong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Firdauz Tuan came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Swanley FC 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 Firdauz Tuan couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Swanley FC getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Samuel Butcher hit a great ball. In the 58th match minute, Swanley FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shahron Liang to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, 史洲枫 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 湖北鄂州联队's supporters rose to their feet, but 史洲枫 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Felix Wenyong breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Swanley FC's Felix Wenyong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 史洲枫 in the 67th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 史洲枫 during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 70th minute, 史洲枫 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the 湖北鄂州联队 defense, Samuel Butcher kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 杜挺兴. The 湖北鄂州联队 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 杜挺兴 should have stopped the shot. 杜挺兴 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Samuel Butcher in the 74th minute. After some careless play in the 湖北鄂州联队 defense, Samuel Butcher kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 杜挺兴. The 湖北鄂州联队 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 杜挺兴 should have stopped the shot. 杜挺兴 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Firdauz Tuan in the 87th minute of play. Firdauz Tuan's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 88thth minute, 杜挺兴 skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 92 minutes into the match, 湖北鄂州联队's goal looked a bit too open when Firdauz Tuan came free, but 杜挺兴 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 程皓南 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Felix Wenyong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Samuel Yip sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Swanley FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.