National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) 肖荣帆 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. China's Xu Kang Song played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sofoklis Panoulias in the 3rd minute of play. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by China's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Iphitos Glynatsis was slow to take the kick. During this time Cyprus's players had a chance to rest. Iphitos Glynatsis made a great header on Cyprus's corner, it was just that China's Xu Kang Song managed to reach the ball for a save. China's 肖荣帆 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Nykteus Papadakos, made in the 7th minute of the game. 肖荣帆 received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aias Vlahos came out and tried to block the shot, but 肖荣帆 slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 9th minute. With his leg Aias Vlahos managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when China's 肖荣帆 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Xu Kang Song made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sofoklis Panoulias in the 21st minute of play. Cyprus were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after China's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Iphitos Glynatsis took the corner. The corner ended in Iphitos Glynatsis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but China's Xu Kang Song did a great save. Cyprus's Aias Vlahos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 肖荣帆 in the 24th minute of play. Fanis Dalianis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, Cyprus's Aias Vlahos got control of the ball when 肖荣帆 tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 37th minute 宋剑邦 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aias Vlahos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute of the match, 肖荣帆 got a very nice opportunity to score, but Aias Vlahos was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cyprus's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luiz David was slow to take the kick. During this time China's players had a chance to rest. Xu Kang Song made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sofoklis Panoulias in the 43rd minute of play. China's Xu Kang Song played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sofoklis Panoulias in the 43rd minute of play. 肖荣帆 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Aias Vlahos made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fanis Dalianis in the 48th minute of play forced China's goalkeeper Xu Kang Song to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sofoklis Panoulias to make the kick off. After taking down the ball on China's corner Luiz David fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Aias Vlahos quite easily take care of the ball. Aias Vlahos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 肖荣帆 in the 58th minute of the match. 肖荣帆 took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aias Vlahos. Aias Vlahos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Aias Vlahos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 肖荣帆's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. 66 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cyprus's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luiz David was slow to take the kick. During this time China's players had a chance to rest. The corner led China's 张勇国 to fire away a dangerous shot which Aias Vlahos despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Cyprus made a substitution. Argiris Papoutsis replaced Kephalos Logarakis. A nice corner shot did that Luiz David got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Aias Vlahos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The corner led China's 张勇国 to fire away a dangerous shot which Aias Vlahos despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Cyprus's Aias Vlahos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xie Xi Feng in the 90th minute of play. A collision led to China getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. 张勇国 hit a great ball. A collision led to Cyprus getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Vaios Georgenes hit a great ball. In the 94th minute, Xie Xi Feng hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The China fans cheered their team off the field, for while Cyprus had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.