Friendly League

So What
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Turgut Soyuer started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 4 minutes into the game, Joakim Haegg threw the ball into play from the sideline. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Luan Pombo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kind of Blue's goalkeeper Wilhelm Galle, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A nice corner shot did that Turgut Soyuer got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Wilhelm Galle quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Turgut Soyuer got a free kick in the 18th minute. When Sebastian Käller came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Kind of Blue fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Sebastian Käller couldn't finish the play. Wilhelm Galle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Turgut Soyuer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Chinese CJ Youth Academy getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Turgut Soyuer hit a great ball. In the 29th minute, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Turgut Soyuer fired away a free kick that almost went in the goal, but it hit the crossbar and went out into the crowd. Joakim Haegg got a throw-in 33 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Joacim Hansson. When Sebastian Käller came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Kind of Blue fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Sebastian Käller couldn't finish the play. Xu Yong Feng made in the 39th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Long Xiang Yuan however managed to control. Kind of Blue's attentive Östen Högman managed to snatch the ball when Xu Yong Feng made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sebastian Käller made a kick off. Turgut Soyuer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Chinese CJ Youth Academy's zone, Zhuo Ke Le stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. David Abad came out of the goal and Zhuo Ke Le tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Turgut Soyuer got free with Wilhelm Galle in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 60th minute Jonny Lagerberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 62 played minutes Kind of Blue got a freekick which was hit by Joakim Haegg. Chinese CJ Youth Academy made a substitution. Lin Yun Fan replaced Cui Peng Sen. Joakim Haegg hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Sebastian Käller's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but David Abad read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. David Abad didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sebastian Käller went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Kind of Blue made a substitution. Inge Ahlquist replaced Jonny Lagerberg. Joakim Haegg made in the 75th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Joacim Hansson immediately put the ball in play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sebastian Käller in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck David Abad prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A sloppy throw-in by Xu Yong Feng in the 81st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Kind of Blue's Östen Högman. After some careless play in the Chinese CJ Youth Academy defense, Vincent Kellbom kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Abad. The Chinese CJ Youth Academy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Abad should have stopped the shot. In the 89th play minute Turgut Soyuer came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Wilhelm Galle. 2-1. Luan Pombo struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Wilhelm Galle didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Chinese CJ Youth Academy. Kind of Blue's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.