Malta		Zhōngguó
Malta 532	Tactics	532
50%	Possession	50%
57%	Play in the half	43%
8	Shots	7
0	Fouls	1
0	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0
6	Offsides	1
72.2	average mark	73.3
excellent	Shooting	outstanding
excellent	Passing	formidable
incredible	Defending	outstanding

11 minute.
Guodong lobs the ball high into the air. Changying plays the ball off with his head. Amato approaches the ball. Zhenyu cleverly intercepts the pass. Zhenyu has a fantastic effort at goal. Degabriele miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory. Grima approaches the ball. The assistant referee points to the corner. There is a bit of a scramble inside the box. Yuanzhang takes the corner-kick. Changying just manages to reach the ball first.
Missed by few inches.

14 minute.
Amato chests the ball. Amato makes an instep pass. Mangion plays the ball through. Inguanez has problems with catching the ball. Inguanez takes a swing and hits it... The ball hits the bar.

32 minute.
Amato attempts to pass. Despott approaches the ball. Despott passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Lorenzi approaches the ball. Lorenzi shoots. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

34 minute.
Inguanez just manages to reach the ball first. Inguanez makes a sublime pass. Huihui takes over possession. Sapienza wins the ball from behind. Sapienza has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

40 minute.
Gaffarena plays the ball through. Despott approaches the ball. Despott plays the ball through. Lorenzi approaches the ball. Lorenzi takes a swing and hits it... Chengying miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

43 minute.
Mangion approaches the ball. Mangion makes an instep pass. Lorenzi approaches the ball. Lorenzi shoots. Chengying hopelessly throws himself behind the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Malta - Zhōngguó 1:0

45 minute.
Yuanzhang takes over possession. Yuanzhang makes an instep pass. Changying approaches the ball. Changying takes a swing and hits it... The ball hits the bar.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Malta 59%, Zhōngguó 41%.
Malta - Zhōngguó 1:0

53 minute.
Inguanez plays the ball through. Despott just manages to reach the ball first. Despott makes a one-touch pass. Sapienza takes over possession. Sapienza shoots. The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

54 minute.
Yuanzhang takes over possession. Yuanzhang passes, it`s a high ball. Zhenyu approaches the ball. Zhenyu takes a swing and hits it... Degabriele desperately tries to grasp hold of the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!! It`s a close game - a draw!
Malta - Zhōngguó 1:1

56 minute.
Guodong just manages to reach the ball first. Guodong plays the ball through. Guohui passes, it`s a high ball. Changying gets his head on it.
Missed by few inches.

68 minute.
Guodong wins the ball from behind. Guodong passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Zhenyu takes over possession. Zhenyu has a fantastic effort at goal.
Missed by few inches.

69 minute.
Gaffarena makes a sublime pass. Despott approaches the ball. Despott makes an instep pass. Lorenzi just manages to reach the ball first. Lorenzi has a fantastic effort at goal. Chengying palms the ball clear.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Malta - Zhōngguó 2:1

87 minute.
Despott plays the ball through. Mangion just manages to reach the ball first. Mangion lobs the ball high into the air. Lorenzi approaches the ball. Lorenzi shoots. The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Malta 54%, Zhōngguó 46%.
Malta - Zhōngguó 2:1