Friendly League

Boundary Park
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Guo Han Di made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikolaj Giertych in the 11th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Mikolaj Giertych cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Guo Han Di was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Max Feldthaus was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Guo Han Di in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to ..Villa Rugby Club.. getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Ramiro Lleir hit a great ball. 30 minutes into the match, Oldham Athletic's goal looked a bit too open when Mikolaj Giertych came free, but Guo Han Di reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, Oldham Athletic's Kang Ying Hai threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Zhao Yao Ying, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mikolaj Giertych in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Guo Han Di saved Oldham Athletic from getting behind. After 34 minutes Oldham Athletic's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Max Feldthaus who took care of the corner kick. The corner led ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Jakob Källberg to fire away a dangerous shot which Guo Han Di despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Zhao Yao Ying received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Kang Ying Hai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 45th minute, Mikolaj Giertych left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ..Villa Rugby Club.. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. The supporters of ..Villa Rugby Club.. booed when Oldham Athletic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ryszard Wyrzykowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Guo Han Di showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Max Feldthaus, who was totally free with the ball in the 49th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mikolaj Giertych made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Giertych in the 54th minute of play forced Oldham Athletic's goalkeeper Guo Han Di to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Ryszard Wyrzykowski in the 55th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Valentin Geambașu. Guo Han Di made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mikolaj Giertych in the 56th minute. When Mikolaj Giertych came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the ..Villa Rugby Club.. 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 Mikolaj Giertych couldn't finish the play. Mikolaj Giertych sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Braulio Hodei's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kang Ying Hai was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Kang Ying Hai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sune Axelsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rd minute, Olaf Cebula ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Guo Han Di was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. Oldham Athletic's Cristian-Federico Dolić was substituted for Sune Axelsson. Oldham Athletic's William Tingelholm was substituted for Filippo Bobbio. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Kang Ying Hai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhao Yao Ying in the 80th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Olaf Cebula in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Guo Han Di prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Max Feldthaus in the 83rd minute. 84 minutes into the match, Cristian-Federico Dolić notched a goal, 3-4, to the right of ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Kang Ying Hai. Kang Ying Hai was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the ..Villa Rugby Club.. defense, Cristian-Federico Dolić kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kang Ying Hai. The ..Villa Rugby Club.. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kang Ying Hai should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Oldham Athletic's Valter Abrahamsson got a free kick in the 97th minute. Despite being the better team, Oldham Athletic failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.