Official Cup

泰合百花公园球场
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 雷烽克 started the match with the kick off. A collision led to DongFeng Honda FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Carlos Zambrano hit a great ball. DongFeng Honda FC's 冯南庭 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 柳平默 in the 12th minute of play. 冯南庭 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 柳平默, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 17 minutes DongFeng Honda FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 方强文 who took care of the corner kick. 『挑战者』罗马奥林匹克俱乐部's Robbin De Mare proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save 『挑战者』罗马奥林匹克俱乐部 from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by 雷烽克 in the 21st minute of play forced DongFeng Honda FC's goalkeeper 冯南庭 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If 雷烽克 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 冯南庭 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 雷烽克, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 『挑战者』罗马奥林匹克俱乐部's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 方强文 in the 29th minute. The corner ended in 方强文 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but DongFeng Honda FC's 冯南庭 did a great save. In the 30th match minute, DongFeng Honda FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 尹傲棋 to maneuver through the defense. After 35 played minutes 『挑战者』罗马奥林匹克俱乐部 got a freekick which was hit by 方迅常. If 雷烽克 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. DongFeng Honda FC's 冯南庭 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 雷烽克 in the 40th minute of play. A collision led to 『挑战者』罗马奥林匹克俱乐部 getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. 唐皓希 hit a great ball. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 孔磊傲 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50 minutes, 方强文 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 『挑战者』罗马奥林匹克俱乐部 and the DongFeng Honda FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to 『挑战者』罗马奥林匹克俱乐部 getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. 方强文 hit a great ball. 冯南庭 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 雷烽克 in the 53rd minute of the match. When 柳平默 fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 『挑战者』罗马奥林匹克俱乐部's protests and gave 柳平默 a yellow card for diving instead. In the 54th minute, 柳平默 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 雷烽克 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 冯南庭 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 雷烽克 in the 60th minute of play. Robbin De Mare made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 尹傲棋 in the 62nd minute of play. The DongFeng Honda FC fans' excitement grew in the 66th match minute when DongFeng Honda FC's 孔磊傲 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 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by 『挑战者』罗马奥林匹克俱乐部's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 肖思兴 was slow to take the kick. During this time DongFeng Honda FC's players had a chance to rest. DongFeng Honda FC's 肖思兴 was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Robbin De Mare in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With an all-out effort, 『挑战者』罗马奥林匹克俱乐部's 冯南庭 threw himself towards the right post 77 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 雷烽克, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 雷烽克 might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 冯南庭. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 雷烽克 ran back to his position shaking his head. 雷烽克 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 冯南庭 having to interfere. 冯南庭 made an important save on a dangerous shot by 雷烽克 in the 89th minute. In the 93rd minute 孔磊傲 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robbin De Mare saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.