National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 14377 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 4027, VIP seats: 350) With a little luck, U21 Australia's Norman Grieve got control of the ball when 郭强克 tried to sneak it across the goal line. Norman Grieve showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andriy 黄振 in the 7th minute of the match. 郭强克 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Norman Grieve made a huge save. U21 Australia's Norman Grieve played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andriy 黄振 in the 11th minute of play. 忠 杨浩勇 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andres Stevens, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. A collision led to U21 China getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Andriy 黄振 hit a great ball. 忠 杨浩勇 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Crawford Korff, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. 17 minutes into the match, U21 Australia's goal looked a bit too open when Guo Xun came free, but Norman Grieve reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U21 China were awarded a corner in the 19th minute after U21 Australia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. 张钢邦 took the corner. After taking down the ball on U21 China's corner 郭强克 fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Norman Grieve quite easily take care of the ball. 郭强克 took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Norman Grieve. Norman Grieve dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Norman Grieve showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 郭强克, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 忠 杨浩勇 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Crawford Korff went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Andriy 黄振 scored 2-1 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Norman Grieve, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 张钢邦 kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. If Guo Xun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 45 minutes into the match, U21 Australia's goalkeeper Norman Grieve had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 郭强克. U21 Australia's Norman Grieve played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guo Xun in the 48th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Andriy 黄振 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Norman Grieve having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, 郭强克 managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 China's supporters rose to their feet, but 郭强克 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Norman Grieve breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 郭强克 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 60th minute Andriy 黄振 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norman Grieve saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Norman Grieve took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 郭强克, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Andriy 黄振 in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Norman Grieve saved U21 Australia from getting behind. U21 China made a substitution. 姚义辉 replaced 刘德华 Wu. U21 Australia made a substitution. Paco Everett replaced Crawford Korff. U21 China's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 张钢邦 in the 70th minute. It was a well-played corner which 梅然谦 managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Norman Grieve made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andriy 黄振 in the 73rd minute of play. 忠 杨浩勇 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paco Everett, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 79th minute, Shane Warne hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 80th minute of the match 张钢邦 sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Norman Grieve skillfully saved the ball. In the 82nd minute, 郭强克 made a precise shot to the right of Norman Grieve. U21 Australia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Norman Grieve made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andriy 黄振 in the 87th minute of play. Paco Everett could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but 忠 杨浩勇 made a huge save. Paco Everett in the 89thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of 忠 杨浩勇, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Thanks to some nice moves Paco Everett could shoot a difficult shot in the 92nd minute, which 忠 杨浩勇 however easily saved by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luke Clist got free with 忠 杨浩勇 in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.