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Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edinson Haaland took the kick off in the first half of the match. Xu Yong Feng was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 3 minutes into the match. In the 3rd minute, one of Chinese CJ Youth Academy:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Chinese CJ Youth Academy. Chinese CJ Youth Academy:s Frank Frankfurter showed great skill when he stopped Saul Roman:s penalty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edinson Haaland in the 8th minute of play forced C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's goalkeeper Xiao Ting Yang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xiao Ting Yang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edinson Haaland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roni Ronaldinho in the 13th minute of play forced C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's goalkeeper Xiao Ting Yang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xiao Ting Yang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Long Xiang Yuan, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Ralf Allgöwer managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Tytus Orling in the 21 minute of the game. In the 23rd minute Edinson Haaland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xiao Ting Yang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edinson Haaland fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xiao Ting Yang having to interfere. Christian Almkvist blasted a shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Frank Frankfurter having to make a save. Frank Frankfurter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Almkvist in the 28th minute of the match. Xiao Ting Yang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roni Ronaldinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. 31 minutes into the match, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's goal looked a bit too open when Long Xiang Yuan came free, but Xiao Ting Yang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Frank Frankfurter made an important save on a dangerous shot by Saul Roman in the 34th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Saul Roman got free with Frank Frankfurter in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 37 minutes of play, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Edinson Haaland made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xiao Ting Yang was left in no man's land by his defense there! 44 minutes into the match, Edinson Haaland had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Xiao Ting Yang. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edinson Haaland was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Tytus Orling made in the 47th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Su Jian Jie however managed to control. After the first half Chinese CJ Youth Academy were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Christian Almkvist to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Edinson Haaland dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. In the 57th minute, Long Xiang Yuan 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. 61 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Almkvist came free, but Frank Frankfurter reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Frank Frankfurter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Almkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Frank Frankfurter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bonifacio Abascal in the 71st minute of the match. Frank Frankfurter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bonifacio Abascal in the 73rd minute of the match. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 made a substitution. Lu Fan Xi replaced Bonifacio Abascal. 77 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Saul Roman came free, but Frank Frankfurter reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 79th minute Santiago Nafría shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Frankfurter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 80 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Saul Roman came free, but Frank Frankfurter reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 93rd minute, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Roni Ronaldinho dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-7. Long Xiang Yuan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Xiao Ting Yang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match was over Chinese CJ Youth Academy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 throughout the match.