Friendly League

Manly Oval
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Robbie Fowler made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of Manly FC booed when 重庆侠岚队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. 乔瑜松 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 吕政扬 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herman De Strijcker, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 7 minutes into the match, 重庆侠岚队's goal looked a bit too open when Herman De Strijcker came free, but 吕政扬 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Manly FC's Jasmine Kaine got a free kick in the 11th minute. 郑鹰南 was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 13 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute, one of 重庆侠岚队:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for 重庆侠岚队. After 14 minutes of play, Manly FC's Robbie Fowler made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 吕政扬 was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Herman De Strijcker in the 18th minute of play forced 重庆侠岚队's goalkeeper 吕政扬 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute Herman De Strijcker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 吕政扬 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valentino Panetta succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 20th playminute. With a little luck, 重庆侠岚队's 吕政扬 got control of the ball when Robbie Fowler tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 24 minutes, Herman De Strijcker mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manly FC and the 重庆侠岚队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 24th minute, Herman De Strijcker hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Manly FC booed when 重庆侠岚队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. 乔瑜松 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 吕政扬 made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Robbie Fowler sent off a good shot on target. Herman De Strijcker received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. 吕政扬 came out and tried to block the shot, but Herman De Strijcker slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 32nd minute. 37 minutes into the match, 重庆侠岚队's goal looked a bit too open when Mourad Rocchi came free, but 吕政扬 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manly FC's Sydney Ross played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 顾希荣 in the 44th minute of play. In the 45th minute of the match 重庆侠岚队 got a corner. Manly FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 孔竞俊 ran over to the corner to take the kick. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After taking down the ball on Manly FC's corner Mourad Rocchi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and 吕政扬 quite easily take care of the ball. 重庆侠岚队's 吕政扬 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jasmine Kaine in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herman De Strijcker in the 56th minute of play forced 重庆侠岚队's goalkeeper 吕政扬 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 吕政扬 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rob Burton in the 57th minute of the match. 吕政扬 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robbie Fowler, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentino Panetta in the 64th minute of play forced 重庆侠岚队's goalkeeper 吕政扬 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the 重庆侠岚队 defense, Herman De Strijcker kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 吕政扬. The 重庆侠岚队 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 吕政扬 should have stopped the shot. 吕政扬 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pete Wittber in the 71st minute of play. In the 72ndth minute of the game Pete Wittber who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 重庆侠岚队's 吕政扬 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The corner ended in Mourad Rocchi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 重庆侠岚队's 吕政扬 did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robbie Fowler in the 74th minute of play forced 重庆侠岚队's goalkeeper 吕政扬 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Sydney Ross managed to avoid a goal in the 83rdth minute, when 重庆侠岚队's 洪勇剑 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The Manly FC fans' excitement grew in the 87th match minute when Manly FC's Herman De Strijcker 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 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Sydney Ross made an important save on a dangerous shot by 洪勇剑 in the 92nd minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Manly FC had played much better football throughout.