U23 League

HALO Stadium
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Anibal Maidana started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Anibal Maidana put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of 杜皓凡. A hard shot 11 in the game by Bo-Erik McNamara from a close distance when the talented Clay Oconnell managed to make a qualified save. SnapperHeads F.C.'s players were relieved. A collision led to SnapperHeads F.C. getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Crawford Bennett hit a great ball. After 21 minutes, Anibal Maidana made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. HALO HANGZHOU's 杜皓凡 tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 杜皓凡 didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when SnapperHeads F.C.'s Ralph Brady shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Burt Triplett during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 30th minute of the match HALO HANGZHOU got a corner. SnapperHeads F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Zhang Jian Xing ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Zhang Jian Xing almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but SnapperHeads F.C.'s Clay Oconnell did a great save. After a rather tough play, SnapperHeads F.C.'s Ralph Brady got a free kick in the 35th minute. The supporters of SnapperHeads F.C. booed when HALO HANGZHOU was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xiao Ran Yu didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in HALO HANGZHOU's zone, Anibal Maidana stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 杜皓凡 came out of the goal and Anibal Maidana tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 43rdth minute of the game Qiu Chang Guang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SnapperHeads F.C.'s Clay Oconnell was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ralph Brady received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. 杜皓凡 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After the first half SnapperHeads F.C. were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bo-Erik McNamara was the one to do the kick off. 杜皓凡 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ralph Brady in the 53rd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, Bo-Erik McNamara had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Clay Oconnell. SnapperHeads F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bo-Erik McNamara was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. After a rather tough play, SnapperHeads F.C.'s Burt Triplett got a free kick in the 60th minute. Clay Oconnell stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bo-Erik McNamara's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. The audience was convinced that Bo-Erik McNamara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clay Oconnell was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. In the 69th minute of the match Chu Xiao shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Clay Oconnell showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qiu Chang Guang in the 71st minute of play forced SnapperHeads F.C.'s goalkeeper Clay Oconnell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 杜皓凡 came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by SnapperHeads F.C.'s Anibal Maidana. But to his dismay, Anibal Maidana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. Burt Triplett was shown his second yellow card after 78 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, SnapperHeads F.C.'s Burt Triplett got a free kick in the 78th minute. The audience was convinced that Bo-Erik McNamara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clay Oconnell was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Ralph Brady struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. 杜皓凡 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SnapperHeads F.C.. The audience was convinced that Bo-Erik McNamara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clay Oconnell was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. 杜皓凡 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ralph Brady in the 89th minute of the match. The HALO HANGZHOU fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. SnapperHeads F.C. were clearly better and deserved to take the win.