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江苏武进庙桥英雄球场
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 梅辰博 started the match with the kick off. Jonathan Ferrant was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but 梅辰博 showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. In the 8th minute, Osvaldas Nakčiunas made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. 麦永斌 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 12th minute of the match. Deng Guo Yang struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 江苏武进庙桥英雄联队. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deng Guo Yang in the 18th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Deng Guo Yang struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 江苏武进庙桥英雄联队. In the 29th minute, 江苏武进庙桥英雄联队's Deng Guo Yang dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Deng Guo Yang kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 6-0 in the 41 minute of play. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Deng Guo Yang tried to sneak it across the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, 江苏武进庙桥英雄联队's goal looked a bit too open when Joshua Secada came free, but 麦永斌 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After taking down the ball on Venezuela's corner Tomas Illescas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and 麦永斌 quite easily take care of the ball. 60 minutes into the match, Deng Guo Yang notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but 麦永斌 made a huge save. In the 64th minute, Venezuela's Patricio Costa dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 7-1. 66 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 江苏武进庙桥英雄联队 the free kick. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Tomas Illescas hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that 梅辰博's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. After 71 minutes, Cecilio Tohias mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 江苏武进庙桥英雄联队 and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 71st minute, Cecilio Tohias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of 江苏武进庙桥英雄联队 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guillermo Mariano didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 74th minute 梅辰博 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, 梅辰博 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. In the 79th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 麦永斌 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Deng Guo Yang scored 9-1 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Joshua Secada kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 86th minute of play forced 江苏武进庙桥英雄联队's goalkeeper 麦永斌 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the match, 江苏武进庙桥英雄联队's goalkeeper 麦永斌 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. 89 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 麦永斌 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 90th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 麦永斌 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deng Guo Yang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. For all the effort they put into the match, the Venezuela players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for 江苏武进庙桥英雄联队.