National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lewis Cassin kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, U21 Ireland's goal looked a bit too open when Ni Zhen Sheng came free, but Rorry McPhilip reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rorry McPhilip took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yao Bin Hao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rorry McPhilip made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yao Bin Hao in the 7th minute of play. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Ireland's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 袁明景 was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 China's players had a chance to rest. The referee gave U21 China a penalty, 10 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ni Zhen Sheng, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of U21 Ireland's Rorry McPhilip. 0-1. Rorry McPhilip showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yao Bin Hao in the 13th minute of the match. After 14 played minutes U21 China got a freekick which was hit by Yao Bin Hao. After a rather tough play, U21 Ireland's Gerard Tierney got a free kick in the 16th minute. 袁明景 struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Rorry McPhilip didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 China. Rorry McPhilip showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ni Zhen Sheng, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 赵升文 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lewis Cassin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute, Ni Zhen Sheng left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 China fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. A collision led to U21 Ireland getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Maximilian Czarny hit a great ball. In the 35th minute, Yao Bin Hao left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 China fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Rorry McPhilip showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yao Bin Hao in the 40th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, U21 Ireland's Maximilian Czarny got a free kick in the 42nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yao Bin Hao in the 46th minute of play forced U21 Ireland's goalkeeper Rorry McPhilip to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half U21 China were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

U21 China made a substitution. Alex 梅西 replaced 傅迅战. U21 China's 陈耀青 was substituted for Ni Zhen Sheng. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Yao Bin Hao to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lewis Cassin in the 55th minute of play forced U21 China's goalkeeper 赵升文 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 赵升文 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rowen Johnson in the 57th minute of the match. 赵升文 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lewis Cassin in the 58th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, U21 Ireland's goal looked a bit too open when 袁明景 came free, but Rorry McPhilip reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rorry McPhilip showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 陈耀青 in the 67th minute of the match. When Yao Bin Hao came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the U21 China 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 Yao Bin Hao couldn't finish the play. U21 Ireland's Rorry McPhilip played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 陈耀青 in the 69th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rowen Johnson in the 71st minute of play forced U21 China's goalkeeper 赵升文 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute, 陈耀青 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Beairtle McVictor's late challenge caught a U21 China's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Beairtle McVictor helped the player get up and apologised. Rorry McPhilip showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 陈耀青, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 87th minute, 陈耀青 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 China fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Rowen Johnson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Yao Bin Hao struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Rorry McPhilip didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 China. In the 94th minute Bruno Boy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 赵升文 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.