Official Cup

The Coliseum
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edinson Haaland took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute, Edinson Haaland left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chinese CJ Youth Academy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Paris Chatzinikolaou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edinson Haaland, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Landon Person hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Rijosos F.C.'s Paris Chatzinikolaou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edinson Haaland in the 19th minute of play. In the 24th minute, Ramon Cooper hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paris Chatzinikolaou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edinson Haaland in the 25th minute of the match. After 26 minutes Rijosos F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Su Jian Jie who took care of the corner kick. Xu Yong Feng made a great header on Chinese CJ Youth Academy's corner, it was just that Rijosos F.C.'s Paris Chatzinikolaou managed to reach the ball for a save. After 30 minutes of play, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Edinson Haaland made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paris Chatzinikolaou was left in no man's land by his defense there! Paris Chatzinikolaou didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edinson Haaland went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Paris Chatzinikolaou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edinson Haaland in the 37th minute of play. Paris Chatzinikolaou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edinson Haaland in the 37th minute of play. Paris Chatzinikolaou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edinson Haaland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Rijosos F.C. defense, Edinson Haaland kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paris Chatzinikolaou. The Rijosos F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paris Chatzinikolaou should have stopped the shot. Rijosos F.C.'s Paris Chatzinikolaou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edinson Haaland in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Edinson Haaland in the 51st minute of play forced Rijosos F.C.'s goalkeeper Paris Chatzinikolaou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zeng Xu Chang in the 52nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Frank Frankfurter prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Edinson Haaland blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Paris Chatzinikolaou having to make a save. If Edinson Haaland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Su Jian Jie in the 64th minute. Long Xiang Yuan made a great header on Chinese CJ Youth Academy's corner, it was just that Rijosos F.C.'s Paris Chatzinikolaou managed to reach the ball for a save. Rijosos F.C.'s Paris Chatzinikolaou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edinson Haaland in the 67th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Edinson Haaland slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Paris Chatzinikolaou. That made the score 0-8 after 74 minutes of play. Chinese CJ Youth Academy made a substitution. Günther Doty replaced Edinson Haaland. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Yuan Ting Chao was substituted for Lu Zhan Jian. Günther Doty was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 84th minute. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Larry Bird hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Rijosos F.C.'s goalkeeper Paris Chatzinikolaou, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 89 minutes into the game, Günther Doty cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-9. Paris Chatzinikolaou was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Frank Frankfurter took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zeng Xu Chang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match was over Chinese CJ Youth Academy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Rijosos F.C. throughout the match.