Friendly League

天津塘沽区西城联队
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Chad Boyd made the kick off and thus started the match. 石海珂 charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 石海珂 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Olympiakos booed when 天津塘沽区西城联队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. 石海珂 didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 9 minutes, Wes Calhoun managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Olympiakos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wes Calhoun was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 11 minutes into the match, 孔弘风 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lincoln Grondin. Olympiakos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 孔弘风 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. A collision led to Olympiakos getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Chad Boyd hit a great ball. 孔弘风 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lincoln Grondin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 石海珂 went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After 34 minutes, 蒋乐亮 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 天津塘沽区西城联队 and the Olympiakos players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 34th match minute, 天津塘沽区西城联队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 蒋乐亮 to maneuver through the defense. Chad Boyd sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Olympiakos fans' excitement grew in the 39th match minute when Olympiakos's Chad Boyd looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Olympiakos's Lincoln Grondin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 孔弘风 in the 42nd minute of play. If Chad Boyd had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 47th minute Wes Calhoun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 谢辉森 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 孔弘风 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If 韩森永 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 53 played minutes Olympiakos got a freekick which was hit by Eddy Fay. 韩森永 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Lincoln Grondin 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 孔弘风 in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lincoln Grondin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 韩森永 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Chad Boyd came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Olympiakos 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 Chad Boyd couldn't finish the play. 谢辉森 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wes Calhoun in the 62nd minute. Lincoln Grondin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 韩森永 in the 66th minute of play. During the 67th minute of the match 蒋乐亮 completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave 蒋乐亮 a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 67th match minute, 天津塘沽区西城联队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 蒋乐亮 to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 75 minutes, 韩森永 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 天津塘沽区西城联队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 韩森永 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 天津塘沽区西城联队's 石海珂 got his second yellow card of the match in the 77th minute. The referee ordered 石海珂 off the ground. A collision led to 天津塘沽区西城联队 getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. 石海珂 hit a great ball. If 韩森永 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in 天津塘沽区西城联队's zone, Eddy Fay stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 谢辉森 came out of the goal and Eddy Fay tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Wes Calhoun was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 94th minute. Olympiakos's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Wes Calhoun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.