U23 League

武汉卓刀泉虎泉公园球场
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fletcher Baba took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dante Baba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. 贺梁景 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 5th minute Carmichael Tinsley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 贺梁景 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 5 played minutes ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 got a freekick which was hit by 楚庭霖. Australian Youth Academy's Humberto Velasco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Australian Youth Academy from getting a goal against them. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. 蔡博辰 hit a great ball. 15 minutes into the game, Australian Youth Academy's Dante Baba nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 贺梁景 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 黄铮建's late challenge caught a Australian Youth Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 黄铮建 helped the player get up and apologised. After 17 played minutes ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 got a freekick which was hit by 黄铮建. In the 18th minute of the match Fletcher Baba sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but 贺梁景 skillfully saved the ball. Ryan Millard charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ryan Millard the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 21 played minutes Australian Youth Academy got a freekick which was hit by Ryan Millard. Australian Youth Academy's defense didn't have a chance, in the 24th minute, when 许扬景 scored to the left of an out of position Humberto Velasco, making the score, 1-1. Fletcher Baba scored 1-2 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 贺梁景, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 30th minute, Fletcher Baba left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Australian Youth Academy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. The audience was convinced that Dante Baba's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 贺梁景 was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院's 贺梁景 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fletcher Baba in the 34th minute of play. 贺梁景 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carmichael Tinsley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 贺梁景 came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Australian Youth Academy's Carmichael Tinsley. But to his dismay, Carmichael Tinsley quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Dante Baba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shaun Haley in the 43rd minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院's goalkeeper 贺梁景 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Shaun Haley's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 贺梁景 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. In the 45th minute Dante Baba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 贺梁景 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Australian Youth Academy were winning 1-4.

Fletcher Babas short, quick shot in the 59thth minute got 贺梁景 to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 63rd minute, Dante Baba reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of 贺梁景. The goal made the score 1-5. Neville Schutt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but 贺梁景 made a huge save. 贺梁景 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dante Baba in the 71st minute of the match. After some careless play in the ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 defense, Neville Schutt kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 贺梁景. The ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 贺梁景 should have stopped the shot. 贺梁景 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dante Baba in the 83rd minute of play. When 谢西适 fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院's protests and gave 谢西适 a yellow card for diving instead. In the 84th match minute, ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 谢西适 to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Australian Youth Academy's Carmichael Tinsley slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 贺梁景. That made the score 1-9 after 86 minutes of play. ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院's 贺梁景 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carmichael Tinsley in the 89th minute of play. 贺梁景 was a little too slow when Dante Baba got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 1-10. The ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Australian Youth Academy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.