The Betsy Stadium
Spectators: 8393 (Terracing: 6297,
Seating: 1930, VIP seats: 166) Schorsch Schmalzbauer started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Kingpins's Adrian Falck seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Adrian Falck the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Kingpins protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Adrian Falck had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 3rd minute, one of Kingpins: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 Kingpins. Kingpins:s Bixente Poli showed great skill when he stopped Schorsch Schmalzbauer:s penalty. 4 minutes into the match, Schorsch Schmalzbauer notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Kingpins's Bixente Poli. Bixente Poli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Yan Guo Qiang blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tony Henwood having to make a save. Tony Henwood made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yan Guo Qiang in the 11th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, Staffordshire Terrier FC's goal looked a bit too open when Yan Guo Qiang came free, but Tony Henwood reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Schorsch Schmalzbauer blasted a shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bixente Poli having to make a save. Bixente Poli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Schorsch Schmalzbauer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mao Hai Zhen kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Bixente Poli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Schorsch Schmalzbauer, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 20th match minute, Staffordshire Terrier FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gary Medel to maneuver through the defense. Staffordshire Terrier FC's Tony Henwood played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yan Guo Qiang in the 21st minute of play. Tony Henwood didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yan Guo Qiang went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 24th minute Josep Casanova shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Henwood saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Karl-Johan Gregersson made in the 32nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Staffordshire Terrier FC's Jay Flack. With a little luck, Kingpins's Bixente Poli got control of the ball when 史挺亮 tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mao Hai Zhen kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. In the 38th minute Schorsch Schmalzbauer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bixente Poli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Schorsch Schmalzbauer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 43rd minute, 郑松骋 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bixente Poli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Schorsch Schmalzbauer in the 45th minute.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Yan Guo Qiang was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by 史挺亮 in the 54th minute of play forced Kingpins's goalkeeper Bixente Poli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute of the match Staffordshire Terrier FC got a corner. Kingpins's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Waldemar Guimarães ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in 史挺亮 heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. An unexpectedly hard shot by Schorsch Schmalzbauer in the 60th minute of play forced Kingpins's goalkeeper Bixente Poli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yan Guo Qiang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Tony Henwood tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 66 minutes into the match, Kingpins's goal looked a bit too open when Schorsch Schmalzbauer came free, but Bixente Poli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Patrik Beneth's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 67thth minute, Tony Henwood skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Achraf Hakimi made in the 69th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Karl-Johan Gregersson. The audience was convinced that Schorsch Schmalzbauer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bixente Poli was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. 71 minutes into the match, Kingpins's Patrik Beneth sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tony Henwood narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mao Hai Zhen hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Kingpins's Bixente Poli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Schorsch Schmalzbauer in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Schorsch Schmalzbauer in the 75th minute of play forced Kingpins's goalkeeper Bixente Poli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tony Henwood made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patrik Beneth in the 76th minute of play. In the 79th minute Patrik Beneth shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Henwood saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Kingpins's Tony Henwood threw himself towards the right post 81 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Patrik Beneth, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Bixente Poli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Schorsch Schmalzbauer in the 85th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Achraf Hakimi in the 88th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Staffordshire Terrier FC's Jay Flack. After 92 minutes of play, Staffordshire Terrier FC's Tristram Gower made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bixente Poli was left in no man's land by his defense there! Staffordshire Terrier FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.
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