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武汉卓刀泉虎泉公园球场
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cassius Byrne took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 洪斌鹏 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. USA's defense didn't have a chance, in the 4th minute, when 李天昂 scored to the left of an out of position Marco Day, making the score, 1-0. 7 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. 洪斌鹏 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院's 洪斌鹏 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 11th minute of play. 洪斌鹏 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 15th minute of play. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Quaresma, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 洪斌鹏. ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. When ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院's 康浩挺 in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 康浩挺 in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. 洪斌鹏 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 42nd minute of the match. After the first half USA were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when 李天昂 made the kick off in the second half. If Simon Milon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 50th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ricardo Quaresma fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. With an all-out effort, USA's 洪斌鹏 threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Monty Rogers, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After having played for 58 minutes, Cassius Byrne managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cassius Byrne was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of USA booed when ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fermin Derwin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edward Mcdonald could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but 洪斌鹏 made a huge save. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 李天昂 in the 63rd minute of play. 洪斌鹏 was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Cassius Byrne showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 64 minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Sam Campbell kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving 洪斌鹏. That made the score 1-4 in the 69 minute of play. 洪斌鹏 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 1-5 when Monty Rogers sped through ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of 洪斌鹏. USA's Jenson Smith shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 79th minute of play. The shot was stopped by 洪斌鹏 but with some difficulty. 洪斌鹏 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sam Campbell scored 1-6 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 洪斌鹏, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 95 minutes of play, USA's Sam Campbell made it 1-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 洪斌鹏 was left in no man's land by his defense there! USA played a much better game than ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 and deserved their victory. The ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.