Official Cup

Stadio Ennio Tardini
Spectators: 8362 (Terracing: 6273, Seating: 1923, VIP seats: 166) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Günther Doty kicked off to start the match. Xu Yong Feng made in the 5th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Günther Doty. Manfredi AFC's Kieran Listkowski managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Xu Yong Feng in the 9 minute of the game. Roman Vachon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Günther Doty in the 25th minute of play. Aristides Cesaro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filomeno Remir in the 36th minute of play. Günther Doty might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Roman Vachon. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Günther Doty ran back to his position shaking his head. Günther Doty could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Roman Vachon made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Günther Doty managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's supporters rose to their feet, but Günther Doty was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Roman Vachon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The throw-in from Virgilio Tajo in the 44th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Luan Pombo. 47 minutes into the match, Manfredi AFC's goalkeeper Roman Vachon had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Günther Doty. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Filomeno Remir stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Manfredi AFC's zone, Lucjan Falkiewicz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roman Vachon came out of the goal and Lucjan Falkiewicz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Filomeno Remir in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Abad saved Chinese CJ Youth Academy from getting behind. The throw-in from Xu Yong Feng in the 57th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Manfredi AFC's Aristides Cesaro. In the 59th minute Günther Doty shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Vachon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manfredi AFC's Filomeno Remir got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Manfredi AFC made a substitution. Son Banana replaced Filomeno Remir. Manfredi AFC's Ladislao Mannie was substituted for Aristides Cesaro. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronald Ferenc in the 64th minute of play. Son Banana might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over David Abad. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Son Banana ran back to his position shaking his head. Roman Vachon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Günther Doty in the 70th minute of the match. Son Banana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but David Abad made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Long Xiang Yuan in the 75th minute of play forced Manfredi AFC's goalkeeper Roman Vachon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roman Vachon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luan Pombo, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 77th minute of the match Chinese CJ Youth Academy got a corner. Manfredi AFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Long Xiang Yuan ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Long Xiang Yuan almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Manfredi AFC's Roman Vachon did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Günther Doty in the 81st minute of play forced Manfredi AFC's goalkeeper Roman Vachon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roman Vachon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luan Pombo in the 85th minute of play. Roman Vachon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luan Pombo, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. David Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Son Banana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cheng Xiong Ang during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Manfredi AFC getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Cheng Xiong Ang hit a great ball. Günther Doty fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Vachon having to interfere. Manfredi AFC's Roman Vachon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Günther Doty in the 95th minute of play.

Chinese CJ Youth Academy's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.