League

St LuXun Park
Spectators: 10816 (Terracing: 8113, Seating: 2487, VIP seats: 216) Anders Westerstrand started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Australian Youth Academy's Keylor Navas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Ribeiro in the 7th minute of play. Garth Brough in the 12thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Zheng Chao, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Garth Brough sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Thanks to some nice moves Garth Brough could shoot a difficult shot in the 15th minute, which Zheng Chao however easily saved by the left post. After a rather tough play, Australian Youth Academy's Rufus Roach got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 19th minute Garth Brough shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zheng Chao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zheng Chao made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Garth Brough sent off a good shot on target. Australian Youth Academy's Brown Haslett managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Fotis Kapiris in the 30 minute of the game. Australian Youth Academy's Keylor Navas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anders Westerstrand in the 31st minute of play. 33 minutes in the game Fotis Kapiris did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Cliff Rowden. In the 36th match minute, The Obscurials was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stig Sandström to maneuver through the defense. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Australian Youth Academy's goalkeeper Keylor Navas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Garth Brough stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Ribeiro in the 54th minute of play forced Australian Youth Academy's goalkeeper Keylor Navas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 55 played minutes The Obscurials got a freekick which was hit by Fotis Kapiris. After 56 played minutes Australian Youth Academy got a freekick which was hit by Jarrod Mcmillan. 60 minutes into the match, The Obscurials's goal looked a bit too open when Garth Brough came free, but Zheng Chao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Adriano Ribeiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Keylor Navas was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. The Obscurials made a substitution. Lawrance Grandison replaced Adriano Ribeiro. The Obscurials made a substitution. Angelo Eiró replaced Cliff Rowden. After taking down the ball on Australian Youth Academy's corner Ellis Hoskin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Zheng Chao quite easily take care of the ball. 77 minutes into the match, The Obscurials's goal looked a bit too open when Garth Brough came free, but Zheng Chao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Australian Youth Academy defense, Lawrance Grandison kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Keylor Navas. The Australian Youth Academy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Keylor Navas should have stopped the shot. Zheng Chao took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fletcher Baba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zheng Chao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Garth Brough in the 87th minute of the match. Zheng Chao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Garth Brough, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Zheng Chao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Garth Brough in the 90th minute of the match. Zheng Chao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fletcher Baba, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. The Obscurials's Zheng Chao played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fletcher Baba in the 96th minute of play. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.