Official Cup

大连星海湾大球场
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) 洪广谦 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thierry Henry in the 7th minute of the match. 洪广谦 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thierry Henry in the 10th minute. With an all-out effort, 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 洪广谦 threw himself towards the right post 12 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 顾常鹰, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Douglas Damião put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Claus Himschoot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 肖鸿延 in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Claus Himschoot prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 乔亮剑 kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. 洪广谦 made an important save on a dangerous shot by 马文棋 in the 20th minute. With an all-out effort, 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 洪广谦 threw himself towards the right post 23 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 顾常鹰, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 27 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's goal looked a bit too open when 顾常鹰 came free, but 洪广谦 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Üzeyir Bera was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 32 minutes into the match. After 32 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for 『挑战者』兄弟·努力! 『挑战者』兄弟·努力:s 洪广谦 showed great skill when he stopped Thierry Henry:s penalty. 洪广谦 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thierry Henry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's zone, Thierry Henry stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 洪广谦 came out of the goal and Thierry Henry tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 姜延明 hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as 顾常鹰 kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving 洪广谦. That made the score 1-1 in the 44 minute of play. In the 46th match minute, 『挑战者』兄弟·努力 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Douglas Damião to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by 马文棋 from long distance, 47 minutes into the match, got 洪广谦's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. With his leg 洪广谦 managed to avoid a goal in the 48thth minute, when 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 顾常鹰 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Thierry Henry stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Robert Cârju hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. The throw-in from 姜延明 in the 57th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by 『挑战者』大连星海湾's Thierry Henry. 58 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's goal looked a bit too open when Thierry Henry came free, but 洪广谦 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 58th play minutes Thierry Henry shot 2-1, a short shot which went by 洪广谦 and just under the crossbar into goal. 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's 洪广谦 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ziya Di Maria in the 63rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 肖鸿延 in the 65th minute of play forced 『挑战者』大连星海湾's goalkeeper Claus Himschoot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to 『挑战者』大连星海湾 getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. 尤雄桑 hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 72 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Thierry Henry sped through 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of 洪广谦. 洪广谦 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thierry Henry in the 77th minute of the match. 洪广谦 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 汪俊西 in the 78th minute of play. In the 80th minute, 肖鸿延 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Claus Himschoot was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. 85 minutes into the game, 俞彬耀 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 『挑战者』大连星海湾 the free kick. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's goalkeeper 洪广谦, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thierry Henry in the 93rd minute of play forced 『挑战者』兄弟·努力's goalkeeper 洪广谦 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 姜延明 made in the 95th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which 姜延明 however managed to control. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.