Prized/Friendly Cup

原神HoYoverse Stadium
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dan Lowes kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, The Obscurials's goalkeeper Safet Hands had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Xulian Cai. A collision led to The Obscurials getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Sabastian Norman hit a great ball. 14 minutes into the match, The Obscurials's goalkeeper Safet Hands had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dan Lowes. In the 14thth minute of the game Dan Lowes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Obscurials's Safet Hands was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Liang Cai sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Safet Hands showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liang Cai in the 19th minute of the match. Etxepare Espellosa hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute of the match, Dan Lowes tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Safet Hands saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS's Daniele Pich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Ribeiro in the 38th minute of play. In the 40th minute, Kevin Lyle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daniele Pich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nelson Wright, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anders Westerstrand stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 58 played minutes Adriano Ribeiro rounded ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-1. In the 63rd match minute, The Obscurials was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kevin Lyle to maneuver through the defense. After 65 played minutes The Obscurials got a freekick which was hit by Adriano Ribeiro. After a rather tough play, The Obscurials's Adriano Ribeiro got a free kick in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liang Cai in the 71st minute of play forced The Obscurials's goalkeeper Safet Hands to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adriano Ribeiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Daniele Pich made a huge save. ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS's Daniele Pich proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS from getting a goal against them. Safet Hands showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dan Lowes in the 78th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cliff Rowden during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Adriano Ribeiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Daniele Pich made a huge save. ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS's Daniele Pich proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS from getting a goal against them. Safet Hands made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liang Cai in the 87th minute of play. Safet Hands came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS's Liang Cai. But to his dismay, Liang Cai quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Both players had fought hard during the second half to keep the score at 1-1. The tie meant more entertainment for the crowd as the match moved into extra-time.

With new strength the players walked out on the field for the first half of overtime. Liang Cai in ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS was the one to initiate the kick off. In the 105th minute Liang Cai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Safet Hands saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 113 played minutes ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS got a freekick which was hit by 曲益光. Both sets of players were looking tired when the whistle went to end the half. Everyone was pleased to get a few minutes to rest before extra-time resumed.

The players still looked rather fresh even though it was time for second half of the overtime. Anders Westerstrand did a quick kick off. ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS's Daniele Pich proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 118th minute of the match, managed to save ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS from getting a goal against them. Daniele Pich made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adriano Ribeiro in the 119th minute. Daniele Pich made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nelson Wright in the 129th minute. After 30 minutes of extra-time there was still no winner. The players now faced the much dreaded penalty shoot-out.

In the 134th minute there was a penalty for ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS. Liang Cai stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Safet Hands. 2-1. The referee gave The Obscurials a penalty, 135 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Adriano Ribeiro, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS's Daniele Pich. 2-2. Xulian Cai's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Safet Hands - 5-2 was put on the score board in the 141st minute. ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓Genshin丨万叶YYDS's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.