U18 League

Manly Oval
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kent Barling made the kick off which started today's match. When 雷枫博 came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the 山东聊城老伯爵联队 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that 雷枫博 couldn't finish the play. Manly FC's Kirby Chant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 尤然震 in the 5th minute of play. With his leg 袁谦傲 managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when Manly FC's Kent Barling fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 尤然震 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Kirby Chant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 9th minute 曹坚崇 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kirby Chant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, 雷枫博 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 山东聊城老伯爵联队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Manly FC the free kick. 雷枫博 hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Munroe Brien received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. 袁谦傲 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Neale Franklin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Manly FC's Stevie Gerrard got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 20th minute 尤然震 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kirby Chant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Manly FC's Kent Barling got a free kick in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute 陆义卫 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kirby Chant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th match minute, 山东聊城老伯爵联队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 曹坚崇 to maneuver through the defense. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind Manly FC's goalkeeper Kirby Chant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to 山东聊城老伯爵联队 getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. 曹坚崇 hit a great ball. In the 36th minute of the match Stevie Gerrard shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but 袁谦傲 showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Kirby Chant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 尤然震, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute 陆义卫 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kirby Chant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kirby Chant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 陆义卫 went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Manly FC's zone, 尤然震 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kirby Chant came out of the goal and 尤然震 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kirby Chant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 陆义卫 in the 47th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, 雷枫博 took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Kirby Chant to make any attempt to save it. Kirby Chant made an important save on a dangerous shot by 陆义卫 in the 54th minute. Kirby Chant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 陆义卫, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 山东聊城老伯爵联队's 陆义卫 was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 65th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. If 尤然震 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kirby Chant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 陆义卫, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 76th minute, Bart Edwards hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 77 minutes, 楚迪常 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 山东聊城老伯爵联队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 楚迪常 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Manly FC's Kirby Chant got control of the ball when 尤然震 tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 85th match minute, Manly FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Burtt Cusbert to maneuver through the defense. Manly FC's Kirby Chant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 陆义卫 in the 88th minute of play. 陆义卫 had several of the Manly FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 93 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-4 score and a disappointed Kirby Chant as he didn't even see the shot coming.