Friendly League

苍穹世纪中心
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jerry Lawler got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, 龚泉彬 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 毛迅明 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jerry Lawler's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. In the 6th minute Macnelly Torres shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 毛迅明 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 毛迅明 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolás Castillo in the 7th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, 苍穹拓荒者队's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolás Castillo came free, but 毛迅明 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th minute of the game 程彬凡 made a throw-in which 赵政凡 played forward. 毛迅明 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerry Lawler in the 11th minute of play. Nicolás Castillo took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 毛迅明. 毛迅明 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 15th minute, Nicolás Castillo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 毛迅明 was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The audience was convinced that Nicolás Castillo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 毛迅明 was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. 毛迅明 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amédée Gillis in the 23rd minute of the match. 程彬凡 charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 程彬凡 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, 苍穹拓荒者队's 程彬凡 got a free kick in the 24th minute. Vancouver Reds's Jerry Lawler got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 30 minutes into the game, Vancouver Reds's Macnelly Torres nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 毛迅明 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. 毛迅明 came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Vancouver Reds's Nicolás Castillo. But to his dismay, Nicolás Castillo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. 毛迅明 came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by Vancouver Reds's Nicolás Castillo. But to his dismay, Nicolás Castillo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. 39 minutes into the match, Nicolás Castillo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 毛迅明. 苍穹拓荒者队's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nicolás Castillo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. When 龚泉彬 fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 苍穹拓荒者队's protests and gave 龚泉彬 a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Vancouver Reds booed when 苍穹拓荒者队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. 龚泉彬 didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jerry Lawler in the 43rd minute of play forced 苍穹拓荒者队's goalkeeper 毛迅明 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jerry Lawler took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 毛迅明. 毛迅明 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-8.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 刘坤轩 to make the kick off. 毛迅明 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerry Lawler in the 53rd minute of play. After 54 minutes of play, Vancouver Reds's Nicolás Castillo made it 0-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 毛迅明 was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vancouver Reds's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Amédée Gillis in the 63rd minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Jerry Lawler heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 67th minute, Nicolás Castillo 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. 苍穹拓荒者队's 毛迅明 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save 苍穹拓荒者队 from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in 苍穹拓荒者队's zone, Macnelly Torres stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 毛迅明 came out of the goal and Macnelly Torres tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vancouver Reds made a substitution. Maxwell Eddy replaced Billy Oja. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nicolás Castillo in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 毛迅明 saved 苍穹拓荒者队 from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Maxwell Eddy in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 毛迅明 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 姜兴枫 kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Maxwell Eddy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 毛迅明 was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. When the match clock showed 84 minutes, the score became 0-11 when Nicolás Castillo sped through 苍穹拓荒者队's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of 毛迅明. 毛迅明 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolás Castillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Vancouver Reds booed when 苍穹拓荒者队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. 刘坤轩 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 89 minutes into the match, 苍穹拓荒者队's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolás Castillo came free, but 毛迅明 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 90 minutes, Jerry Lawler managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vancouver Reds's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jerry Lawler was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 毛迅明 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Macnelly Torres in the 95th minute of the match. Nicolás Castillo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. 毛迅明 came out and tried to block the shot, but Nicolás Castillo slotted it home off the left post making it 0-13 in the 97th minute. When the match was over Vancouver Reds could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than 苍穹拓荒者队 throughout the match.