League

Bobby Robson Centre
Spectators: 10999 (Terracing: 8250, Seating: 2530, VIP seats: 219) Martyn Featherstone started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Aquiles Senio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harry Colman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 4th minute, Deng Chang Xu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deng Chang Xu in the 7th minute of play forced The Youth Project's goalkeeper Lucas Young to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucas Young showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deng Chang Xu, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by The Youth Project's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. James Butler was slow to take the kick. During this time Emaηski F.C Reborη's players had a chance to rest. Budisav Mićunović was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Lucas Young showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Budisav Mićunović, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. The audience cheered when Budisav Mićunović's long shot passed Lucas Young's right side. It was 0-1, 10 minutes into the match. After 12 played minutes The Youth Project got a freekick which was hit by Harry Colman. Lucas Young showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deng Chang Xu, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After a rather tough play, The Youth Project's Jimmy Bartrup got a free kick in the 15th minute. After a rather tough play, Emaηski F.C Reborη's James Butler got a free kick in the 17th minute. With his leg Aquiles Senio managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when The Youth Project's Kieran Tully fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 20 minutes into the game, Emaηski F.C Reborη's Deng Chang Xu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lucas Young made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 24th minute, Deng Chang Xu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Emaηski F.C Reborη fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 32 minutes into the match, Emaηski F.C Reborη's goalkeeper Aquiles Senio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Martyn Featherstone. After 36 minutes of play, Emaηski F.C Reborη's Deng Chang Xu made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucas Young was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfie Chivers in the 46th minute of play forced Emaηski F.C Reborη's goalkeeper Aquiles Senio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Deng Chang Xu to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Emaηski F.C Reborη's Deng Chang Xu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lucas Young. That made the score 0-5 after 56 minutes of play. After a defensive mix-up in The Youth Project's zone, Deng Chang Xu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lucas Young came out of the goal and Deng Chang Xu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lucas Young was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Deng Chang Xu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 71 minute of play. Emaηski F.C Reborη's Gez Cooke was substituted for Deng Chang Xu. 80 minutes into the match, The Youth Project's goalkeeper Lucas Young had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gez Cooke. In the 81st minute of the match Emaηski F.C Reborη got a corner. The Youth Project's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gaz Abbott ran over to the corner to take the kick. Kieran Tully sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 87 minutes into the match, The Youth Project's goalkeeper Lucas Young had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gez Cooke. In the 88th minute of the match Emaηski F.C Reborη got a corner. The Youth Project's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gaz Abbott ran over to the corner to take the kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gez Cooke in the 91st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lucas Young prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rowan Jepson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aquiles Senio having to interfere. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Emaηski F.C Reborη walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.