Fernando Redondo
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edinson Haaland started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Chinese CJ Youth Academy defense, Jorge Ekaitz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Frank Frankfurter. The Chinese CJ Youth Academy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Frank Frankfurter should have stopped the shot. 6 minutes into the game, Edinson Haaland cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Cayetano Amaya was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 10 minutes into the match, Juguemos con el 5's goal looked a bit too open when Edinson Haaland came free, but Cayetano Amaya reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Juguemos con el 5's zone, Edinson Haaland stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cayetano Amaya came out of the goal and Edinson Haaland tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 15 minutes into the match, Edinson Haaland notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Juguemos con el 5's Cayetano Amaya. Cayetano Amaya was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Roni Ronaldinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cayetano Amaya having to interfere. Cayetano Amaya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edinson Haaland in the 29th minute of play. Jorge Ekaitz scored 2-2 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Frank Frankfurter, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 34th minute Leandro Pacho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Frankfurter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute, Edinson Haaland ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cayetano Amaya was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. In the 40th minute of the match Chinese CJ Youth Academy got a corner. Juguemos con el 5's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Su Jian Jie ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Börje Ivarsson managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 46th minute the ball was on its way in behind Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper Frank Frankfurter, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jorge Ekaitz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Edinson Haaland blasted a shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cayetano Amaya having to make a save. In the 51st minute Edinson Haaland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cayetano Amaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Frank Frankfurter played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robustiano Quintin in the 54th minute of play. If Edinson Haaland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Cayetano Amaya made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edinson Haaland in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Ekaitz in the 64th minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper Frank Frankfurter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cayetano Amaya didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edinson Haaland went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. Chinese CJ Youth Academy made a substitution. Yuan Ting Chao replaced Lu Zhan Jian. Chinese CJ Youth Academy made a substitution. Günther Doty replaced Edinson Haaland. Juguemos con el 5 made a substitution. Erling Håland replaced Jorge Ekaitz. In the 74th minute, Günther Doty hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Günther Doty sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 81st minute of the game Bai Feng Xiang made a throw-in which Roni Ronaldinho played forward. With a little luck, Juguemos con el 5's Cayetano Amaya got control of the ball when Günther Doty tried to sneak it across the goal line. The throw-in from Segundo Fix in the 87th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Roni Ronaldinho. 88 minutes into the game, Günther Doty cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Cayetano Amaya was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dorel Antohi in the 91st minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper Frank Frankfurter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Frank Frankfurter made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquin Rufio in the 93rd minute of play. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Frank Frankfurter played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erling Håland in the 94th minute of play. Joaquin Rufio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frank Frankfurter having to interfere. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.
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