Challenge

天津和平区隐士联队
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. Filipe Silva started the match with the kick off. In the 4th match minute, ☆冰谷☆蛇王 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hu Shu Ming to maneuver through the defense. Stuart Legzdins received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Conny Stephansson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bento Aleixo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Conny Stephansson having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filipe Silva in the 16th minute of play forced ☆冰谷☆蛇王's goalkeeper Conny Stephansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mamadou Hequets short, quick shot in the 19thth minute got Alexander Manninger to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Conny Stephansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stuart Legzdins in the 21st minute of the match. Alexander Manninger made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when 叶松凌 sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bento Aleixo in the 26th minute of play forced ☆冰谷☆蛇王's goalkeeper Conny Stephansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, ☆冰谷☆蛇王's 苏桑奕 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alexander Manninger narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 33rd minute, Filipe Silva left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manchester United F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Conny Stephansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filipe Silva in the 35th minute of the match. After 35 minutes, Filipe Silva made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. ☆冰谷☆蛇王's Conny Stephansson tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, 杨震德 managed to get in a good position for a shot. ☆冰谷☆蛇王's supporters rose to their feet, but 杨震德 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alexander Manninger breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Wang Kuan's late challenge caught a Manchester United F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wang Kuan helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ☆冰谷☆蛇王 getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Wang Kuan hit a great ball. Mamadou Hequet could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Alexander Manninger made a huge save. 叶松凌 hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. After the first half Manchester United F.C. were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Wang Kuan to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, ☆冰谷☆蛇王's goal looked a bit too open when Filipe Silva came free, but Conny Stephansson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Conny Stephansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rupert Brooks in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 54th minute, Mamadou Hequet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Conny Stephansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stuart Legzdins, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alexander Manninger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 叶松凌 in the 57th minute of play. ☆冰谷☆蛇王 were awarded a corner in the 58th minute after Manchester United F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. 苏桑奕 took the corner. The corner led ☆冰谷☆蛇王's 苏桑奕 to fire away a dangerous shot which Alexander Manninger despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When ☆冰谷☆蛇王's 杨震德 in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Manchester United F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Conny Stephansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stuart Legzdins, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee felt a red card was in order, 63 minutes into the game, when Juan Ramírez put in a rough tackle. After 63 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Manchester United F.C.! If 叶松凌 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Manchester United F.C. made a substitution. Kyle Blacknell replaced Stuart Legzdins. Alexander Manninger took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wang Kuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Conny Stephansson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Danny Farmer in the 73rd minute. Constantino Osasun hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Manchester United F.C.'s Tomás Shelby was substituted for Hong Fan Jie. Constantino Osasun hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Conny Stephansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filipe Silva in the 80th minute of play. Alexander Manninger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 吴博剑 in the 81st minute of the match. 83 minutes into the match, ☆冰谷☆蛇王's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Blacknell came free, but Conny Stephansson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Conny Stephansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Blacknell in the 85th minute of play. Conny Stephansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filipe Silva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alexander Manninger showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 苏桑奕, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Conny Stephansson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipe Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. 杨震德 charged in rather forcefully in the 97th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 杨震德 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 98 played minutes, Manchester United F.C.'s Danny Farmer shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Conny Stephansson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Manchester United F.C. reached it. Manchester United F.C.'s supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.