Prized/Friendly Cup

Vallis Laeta stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rafail Rusev started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, 『挑战者』BRAND NEW 风雨无阻's 孙坤笑 got a free kick in the 2nd minute. The supporters of 『挑战者』BRAND NEW 风雨无阻 booed when Valette Stars was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valentin Bellard didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ezel Bayraktar's late challenge caught a Valette Stars's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ezel Bayraktar helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in 『挑战者』BRAND NEW 风雨无阻 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 6th minute. Penalty! 『挑战者』BRAND NEW 风雨无阻:s 江永宁 showed great skill when he stopped Rafail Rusev:s penalty. Rafail Rusev did an outstanding performance 8 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 1-0 to the right of an irritated 江永宁 in the goal. 10 minutes into the match, Valette Stars's Rafail Rusev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 江永宁 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 孙坤笑 got a throw-in 14 minutes in the game and the ball was received by 方政辰. 16 minutes into the game, Rafail Rusev recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of 江永宁. Rafail Rusev showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. When 卓冰洋 fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 『挑战者』BRAND NEW 风雨无阻's protests and gave 卓冰洋 a yellow card for diving instead. 江永宁 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafail Rusev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute of the match 苏竞耀 shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Adrien Tanneau showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Adrien Tanneau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 李霖旭 in the 35th minute of the match. 35 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』BRAND NEW 风雨无阻's 方政辰 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Adrien Tanneau narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Valette Stars's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 苏竞耀 was slow to take the kick. During this time 『挑战者』BRAND NEW 风雨无阻's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Valette Stars's goalie and right to 方政辰. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Valette Stars's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Valette Stars's Rafail Rusev got a good chance for a goal in the 50th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 江永宁 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oğuzkan Kamuran, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. If 李霖旭 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 57th minute Rafail Rusev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 江永宁 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 孙坤笑 made in the 58th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Valette Stars's Nelson Nogueira. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Valette Stars's goalkeeper Adrien Tanneau, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rafail Rusev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 江永宁 having to interfere. In the 67th minute, Rafail Rusev 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafail Rusev in the 69th minute of play forced 『挑战者』BRAND NEW 风雨无阻's goalkeeper 江永宁 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 江永宁 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafail Rusev in the 72nd minute of play. Valette Stars's Rafail Rusev got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 75th minute Rafail Rusev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 江永宁 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 『挑战者』BRAND NEW 风雨无阻's 江永宁 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafail Rusev in the 76th minute of play. 孙坤笑 made in the 78th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Valette Stars's Nelson Nogueira. 江永宁 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafail Rusev, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. 李霖旭 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Adrien Tanneau tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82ndth minute of the game Rafail Rusev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 『挑战者』BRAND NEW 风雨无阻's 江永宁 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 86th minute, Rafail Rusev 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. In the 88th minute Rafail Rusev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 江永宁 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 江永宁 came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by Valette Stars's Rafail Rusev. But to his dismay, Rafail Rusev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafail Rusev in the 95th minute of play forced 『挑战者』BRAND NEW 风雨无阻's goalkeeper 江永宁 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There was no doubt that Valette Stars were the better team. Valette Stars's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.