Official Cup

常州市奥林匹克中心
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Isaac Mérigot started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Gaspard Héraud left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Valette Stars fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The crowd rose to their feet as 郭卫泉 kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Hugues Drevet. That made the score 1-1 in the 5 minute of play. In the 11th minute, Valette Stars's Cheikh Toullec seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Cheikh Toullec the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Valette Stars protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Cheikh Toullec had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 11th minute of the game. One of Valette Stars:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量:s goal. 18 minutes into the game, 柯沙扬 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Valette Stars the free kick. After 18 played minutes 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 got a freekick which was hit by 柯沙扬. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Titouan Bellot managed to get in a good position for a shot. Valette Stars's supporters rose to their feet, but Titouan Bellot was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 鲁岩谦 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Valette Stars's defense didn't have a chance, in the 22nd minute, when 郭卫泉 scored to the left of an out of position Hugues Drevet, making the score, 3-1. 25 minutes into the game, Isaac Mérigot was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Valette Stars's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 the free kick. Isaac Mérigot hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Anthony Terras charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anthony Terras the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 booed when Valette Stars was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anthony Terras didn't get a good kick on the ball. 庄瑜磊 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 郭卫泉 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Hugues Drevet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th match minute, 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 张桦升 to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

The audience was convinced that Paul Picavet's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 鲁岩谦 was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Paul Picavet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 鲁岩谦 having to interfere. 鲁岩谦 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaspard Héraud in the 64th minute of the match. 郭卫泉 struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Hugues Drevet didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量. 邱俊国 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80th match minute, 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 邱俊国 to maneuver through the defense. In the 84th minute, 张桦升 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaspard Héraud in the 95th minute of play forced 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's goalkeeper 鲁岩谦 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.