Friendly League

New Britain AFC
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Gia Ngh's Phan Pham started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 5 minutes into the match, Gia Ngh's goalkeeper Nguyễn Teo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Oswaldo Savage. 7 minutes into the match, Oswaldo Savage notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Gia Ngh's Nguyễn Teo. Nguyễn Teo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Phan Pham had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oswaldo Savage sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Gia Ngh's Trần Lan managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Duane Harman in the 16 minute of the game. Nguyễn Teo was a little too slow when Ruben Copeland got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 19th minute. The score was now 2-0. With an all-out effort, New Britain AF's Nguyễn Teo threw himself towards the right post 25 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Oswaldo Savage, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After some careless play in the New Britain AF defense, Nguyễn Huynh Duc kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alejandro Bliss. The New Britain AF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alejandro Bliss should have stopped the shot. 31 minutes into the match, Gia Ngh's goal looked a bit too open when Oswaldo Savage came free, but Nguyễn Teo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Oswaldo Savage in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nguyễn Teo saved Gia Ngh from getting behind. In the 36th minute Trần Lan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejandro Bliss saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Gia Ngh's zone, Oswaldo Savage stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nguyễn Teo came out of the goal and Oswaldo Savage tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Ruben Copeland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

53 minutes into the match, Oswaldo Savage had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nguyễn Teo. Gia Ngh's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Oswaldo Savage was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Alejandro Bliss took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Phan Pham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Phan Pham had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Phan Pham received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Alejandro Bliss tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marvin Brock hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. In the 66th minute, Phan Nga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Phan Pham's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alejandro Bliss was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Phan Pham's late challenge caught a New Britain AF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Phan Pham helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Gia Ngh getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Phan Pham hit a great ball. 85 minutes into the match, New Britain AF's Oswaldo Savage sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nguyễn Teo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 86th minute New Britain AF were awarded a corner. Ruben Copeland went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on New Britain AF's corner Ruben Copeland fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nguyễn Teo quite easily take care of the ball. Trần Lan kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. New Britain AF had won after a very even match.