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Match Report
Wellington Phoenix
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 吕旭卫 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A sloppy throw-in by Nathan Gaines in the 3rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Sparta Praha's 赵义珂. When Art Schulze came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Wellington Phoenix 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 Art Schulze couldn't finish the play. 吕建益 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Downing Beverly, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 任南渊 took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sabastian Beins. Sabastian Beins dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Sparta Praha's 赵义珂 got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 19 minutes into the match, 鲁洲昂 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sabastian Beins. Wellington Phoenix's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 鲁洲昂 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 吕建益 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Art Schulze in the 21st minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Art Schulze left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Wellington Phoenix fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Downing Beverly blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without 吕建益 having to make a save. 吕建益 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Art Schulze, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Sabastian Beins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 任南渊, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Sabastian Beins made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 鲁洲昂 in the 30th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Wellington Phoenix's Art Schulze slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 吕建益. That made the score 2-2 after 32 minutes of play. 吕旭卫 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 鲁洲昂 in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sabastian Beins prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Sparta Praha getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. 赵义珂 hit a great ball. 吕建益 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Art Schulze in the 44th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Art Schulze was the one to do the kick off. Sabastian Beins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 鲁洲昂, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Curtis Hilton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 吕建益 having to interfere. Curtis Hilton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 吕建益 having to interfere. 吕建益 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Curtis Hilton, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 63rd minute Curtis Hilton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 吕建益 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65thth minute of the game Curtis Hilton who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sparta Praha's 吕建益 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Wellington Phoenix defense, 鲁洲昂 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sabastian Beins. The Wellington Phoenix fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sabastian Beins should have stopped the shot. Wellington Phoenix's Art Schulze got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 76 minutes, 任南渊 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sparta Praha and the Wellington Phoenix players grew even worse after the yellow card. 任南渊 kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. In the 78th match minute, Wellington Phoenix was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Barnard Pickhills to maneuver through the defense. 鲁洲昂 might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sabastian Beins. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 鲁洲昂 ran back to his position shaking his head. Sparta Praha's 吕旭卫 got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 柳扬强's late challenge caught a Wellington Phoenix's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 柳扬强 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 83rd match minute, Sparta Praha was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 柳扬强 to maneuver through the defense. Wellington Phoenix's Damon Voller got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Andrews Houldsworth fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Wellington Phoenix's protests and gave Andrews Houldsworth a yellow card for diving instead. Andrews Houldsworth kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Downing Beverly sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sabastian Beins didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 鲁洲昂 went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-4 was the resulting score. The Sparta Praha supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Sparta Praha would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.
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