National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Teuvo Lotvonen got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teuvo Lotvonen in the 5th minute of play forced China's goalkeeper 俞兴明 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 俞兴明 didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Finland's Teuvo Lotvonen shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. 10 minutes into the match, China's goal looked a bit too open when Teuvo Lotvonen came free, but 俞兴明 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 俞兴明 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teuvo Lotvonen, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. 彭朋勇 kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teuvo Lotvonen in the 17th minute of play forced China's goalkeeper 俞兴明 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. China's 俞兴明 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teuvo Lotvonen in the 20th minute of play. In the 23rd minute of the match, Cui Qing Yuan got a very nice opportunity to score, but Rikhard Hernesniemi was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Aatto Luusua charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aatto Luusua the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of China booed when Finland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aatto Luusua didn't get a good kick on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 26 minutes, Rikhard Hernesniemi successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 俞兴明 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erno Alanko in the 28th minute of the match. If Dong Yu Xi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 31st minute Dong Yu Xi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rikhard Hernesniemi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. China's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 袁义斐 in the 33rd minute. The corner ended in 袁义斐 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Finland's Rikhard Hernesniemi did a great save. 俞兴明 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahto Valin in the 35th minute of play. 俞兴明 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teuvo Lotvonen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 俞兴明 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teuvo Lotvonen in the 39th minute of play. Cui Qing Yuan's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 41stth minute, Rikhard Hernesniemi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Dong Yu Xi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 45th minute, Judas Priest left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Finland fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cui Qing Yuan made a kick off. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 53rd minute of the game. One of China:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Finland:s goal. When the match had been going on for 54 minutes, Finland's Teuvo Lotvonen got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of 俞兴明. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dong Yu Xi in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rikhard Hernesniemi saved Finland from getting behind. In the 60thth minute of the game Dong Yu Xi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Finland's Rikhard Hernesniemi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahto Valin in the 61st minute of play forced China's goalkeeper 俞兴明 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erno Alanko got free with 俞兴明 in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 64 minutes China's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Erno Alanko who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Erno Alanko almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but China's 俞兴明 did a great save. Finland's Rikhard Hernesniemi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dong Yu Xi in the 69th minute of play. China made a substitution. 叶泉辰 replaced Dong Yu Xi. China were awarded a corner in the 71th minute after Finland's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. 袁义斐 took the corner. China's 乔源坤 was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Rikhard Hernesniemi in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that Teuvo Lotvonen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 俞兴明 was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. Finland were awarded a corner in the 75th minute after China's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Erno Alanko took the corner. Finland's Severi Hautaniemi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but 俞兴明 in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Rikhard Hernesniemi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 叶泉辰, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Rikhard Hernesniemi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 叶泉辰 in the 81st minute of play. In the 82nd minute, Teuvo Lotvonen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Finland fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Finland's Aaro Kangaskorpi was substituted for Judas Priest. Finland made a substitution. Roni Valkealahti replaced Teuvo Lotvonen. 89 minutes into the match, Finland's goal looked a bit too open when 叶泉辰 came free, but Rikhard Hernesniemi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roni Valkealahti got free with 俞兴明 in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 90 minutes into the match, Roni Valkealahti notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of China's 俞兴明. 俞兴明 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 95th minute 傅扬正 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rikhard Hernesniemi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. China were awarded a corner in the 96th minute after Finland's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. 许昂思 took the corner. After taking down the ball on China's corner 许昂思 fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rikhard Hernesniemi quite easily take care of the ball. The China fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Finland were clearly better and deserved to take the win.
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