U23 League

Stadion Jui Kuen
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jan Pająk took the kick off in the first half of the match. Meng Yan Jing showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konstanty Kajder, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Meng Yan Jing showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramon Del Piero, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 7th minute, Ramon Del Piero made a precise shot to the right of Meng Yan Jing. Abandon All Hope's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 10th minute, Roland Schiavi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Jan Pająk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. APPLE KIELCE 1985 were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after Abandon All Hope's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bernard Kolacki took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Konstanty Kajder managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Abandon All Hope's goalie and right to Konstanty Kajder. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Abandon All Hope's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The audience was convinced that Beven Carmichael's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Meng Yan Jing was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Meng Yan Jing came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by APPLE KIELCE 1985's Filip Skrzypek. But to his dismay, Filip Skrzypek quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After having played for 44 minutes, Ramon Del Piero managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. APPLE KIELCE 1985's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ramon Del Piero was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After the first half APPLE KIELCE 1985 were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Meng Yan Jing made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ramon Del Piero in the 52nd minute. Ramon Del Piero could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Meng Yan Jing made a huge save. Abandon All Hope's Meng Yan Jing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramon Del Piero in the 55th minute of play. Aureliusz Frankowski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jan Pająk's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. 59 minutes into the match, Ramon Del Piero had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Meng Yan Jing. Abandon All Hope's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ramon Del Piero was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After 64 minutes Abandon All Hope's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bernard Kolacki who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Ján Janovský got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Meng Yan Jing quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Aureliusz Frankowski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jan Pająk's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. A collision led to APPLE KIELCE 1985 getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Bernard Kolacki hit a great ball. In the 70th minute Filip Skrzypek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Meng Yan Jing saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Abandon All Hope getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Dedê de Castro hit a great ball. Emil Dunajski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aureliusz Frankowski having to interfere. Fu Wei Di charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fu Wei Di the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 82nd minute, Fu Wei Di hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Meng Yan Jing made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Ramon Del Piero sent off a good shot on target. Meng Yan Jing was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and Ramon Del Piero capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ramon Del Piero really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. After a defensive mix-up in Abandon All Hope's zone, Ramon Del Piero stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Meng Yan Jing came out of the goal and Ramon Del Piero tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 94th match minute, APPLE KIELCE 1985 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstanty Kajder to maneuver through the defense. When the final whistle sounded APPLE KIELCE 1985 left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Abandon All Hope.