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National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Grigorakis in the 7th minute of play forced U21 China's goalkeeper 孟荣邦 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 孟荣邦 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Grigorakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 10 minutes U21 China's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Kostas Tomaras who took care of the corner kick. Kostas Tomaras made a great header on U21 Greece's corner, it was just that U21 China's 孟荣邦 managed to reach the ball for a save. When 郭铮剑 fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 China's protests and gave 郭铮剑 a yellow card for diving instead. 孟荣邦 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Grigorakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 25th minute Dimitris Grigorakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 孟荣邦 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, U21 China's 孟荣邦 got control of the ball when Panos Zindros tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fanis Kokkinias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 毛朗桑, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. After 29 minutes, 毛朗桑 made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. U21 Greece's Fanis Kokkinias tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 39 minutes into the match, U21 China's goalkeeper 孟荣邦 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dimitris Grigorakis. 毛朗桑 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fanis Kokkinias having to make a save. After the first half U21 China were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Panagiotis Dentzas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes U21 Greece's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 周博迪 who took care of the corner kick. U21 China's 周博迪 was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fanis Kokkinias in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. U21 China made a substitution. Qian Peng Chang replaced 郭铮剑. U21 Greece made a substitution. Alkinoos Koskotas replaced Dimitris Grigorakis. Fanis Kokkinias made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when 林鹰泉 sent off a good shot on target. 75 minutes into the match, Panagiotis Dentzas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 孟荣邦. U21 China's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Panagiotis Dentzas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 83 minutes into the match, U21 Greece's goal looked a bit too open when 杨西伟 came free, but Fanis Kokkinias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 孟荣邦 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panagiotis Dentzas in the 86th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Panagiotis Dentzas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 孟荣邦 was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. The supporters of U21 Greece booed when U21 China was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. 周博迪 didn't get a good kick on the ball. U21 Greece's Fanis Kokkinias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Greece from getting a goal against them.