Friendly League

南京市五台山足球场
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 汪霆谦 started the match with the kick off. After 5 minutes Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 彭皓西 who took care of the corner kick. After having played for 8 minutes, 邓亮平 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Wool United's supporters crossed their fingers, but 邓亮平 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 龚烨桦 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toby Dransfield in the 12th minute of the match. 邓亮平 kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the game, Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Igor Sanchez nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 龚烨桦 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Paul Ahlbom showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 姚傲剑 in the 28th minute of the match. 龚烨桦 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sidney Hallam in the 30th minute of the match. Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Paul Ahlbom proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Lisburn Distillery F.C. from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by 姚傲剑 in the 39th minute of play forced Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s goalkeeper Paul Ahlbom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sidney Hallam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 43 minutes into the game, Sidney Hallam was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Wool United the free kick. In the 43rd minute, Sidney Hallam hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 龚烨桦 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sidney Hallam's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Toby Dransfield to make the kick off. Toby Dransfield's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 龚烨桦 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 57th minute of play. In the 59th minute Quentin Lennon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 龚烨桦 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 62 minutes into the match, Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when 姚傲剑 came free, but Paul Ahlbom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 汪霆谦 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 68th minute, Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Toby Dransfield dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Sidney Hallam managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Sidney Hallam was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 龚烨桦 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 龚烨桦 made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Quentin Lennon sent off a good shot on target. In the 76thth minute of the game 汪霆谦 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s Paul Ahlbom was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The corner led Wool United's 彭皓西 to fire away a dangerous shot which Paul Ahlbom despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. If Toby Dransfield had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The supporters of Lisburn Distillery F.C. booed when Wool United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. 鲁林志 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 彭皓西 hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Toby Dransfield's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 龚烨桦 was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. The Wool United supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Lisburn Distillery F.C.'s performance. The match ended with a win for Lisburn Distillery F.C..