Friendly League

St LuXun Park
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ricki Gervais kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, one of Egg Chasers FC: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 Egg Chasers FC. Bradley Longstaffe had in the 3rdth minute some difficulties stopping Olliver Todman's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. A collision led to Australian Youth Academy getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Jones Schutt hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Egg Chasers FC's Gareth Rowe got a free kick in the 11th minute. Ben Minton kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Dakota Gaffigan hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Australian Youth Academy's Ben Minton got a free kick in the 15th minute. Dani Cochrane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricki Gervais in the 17th minute of the match. A collision led to Australian Youth Academy getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Neville Wal hit a great ball. Jamie Baba kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Egg Chasers FC's Vinnie Jones got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dakota Gaffigan got free with Bradley Longstaffe in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bradley Longstaffe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neville Wal in the 33rd minute of the match. Bradley Longstaffe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Neville Wal in the 40th minute of play. In the 41st minute of the match, Jones Schutt got a very nice opportunity to score, but Bradley Longstaffe was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Neville Wal got free with Bradley Longstaffe in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dani Cochrane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Billie Curtis in the 45th minute of the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Olliver Todman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ricki Gervais's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dani Cochrane read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. 52 minutes had been played when some careless play by Australian Youth Academy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vinnie Jones was slow to take the kick. During this time Egg Chasers FC's players had a chance to rest. In the 58th minute, Vinnie Jones hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Egg Chasers FC getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Vinnie Jones hit a great ball. Dakota Gaffigan took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 61st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bradley Longstaffe. Egg Chasers FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Jones Schutt took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bradley Longstaffe. Bradley Longstaffe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Australian Youth Academy made a substitution. Dugald Berresford replaced Ben Minton. Jamie Baba charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jamie Baba the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Australian Youth Academy's Jamie Baba got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Vinnie Jones's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Dani Cochrane - 3-1 was put on the score board in the 73rd minute. Dani Cochrane made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Ricki Gervais sent off a good shot on target. Billie Curtis succeeded in the game's 81st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Neville Wal in the 85th minute of play forced Egg Chasers FC's goalkeeper Bradley Longstaffe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bradley Longstaffe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olliver Todman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Australian Youth Academy had won after a very even match.