U21 World League

Dnipro-Arena
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) Rio Ferdinand received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Ronan Marler tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anatoliy Mintenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Olexiy Bykaniv received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ronan Marler came out and tried to block the shot, but Olexiy Bykaniv slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 14th minute. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Olexiy Bykaniv put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Ronan Marler. Anatoliy Mintenko kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Olexiy Bykaniv during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ronan Marler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anatoliy Mintenko in the 33rd minute of play. Real Death Ducks's Ronan Marler proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Real Death Ducks from getting a goal against them. Ronan Marler was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Anatoliy Mintenko showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 39 minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Anatoliy Mintenko to strike the kick off in the second half. Real Death Ducks's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Matt Hewitt in the 58th minute. In the 61st minute of the match Olexiy Bykaniv shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ronan Marler showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ronan Marler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anatoliy Mintenko in the 62nd minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, Rio Ferdinand had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ronan Marler. Real Death Ducks's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rio Ferdinand was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Stepan Savchenko's late challenge caught a Real Death Ducks's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stepan Savchenko helped the player get up and apologised. In the 66th match minute, FC Vershina ESPN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stepan Savchenko to maneuver through the defense. After 70 minutes of play, FC Vershina ESPN's Rio Ferdinand made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ronan Marler was left in no man's land by his defense there! Matt Hewitt hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. FC Vershina ESPN's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rio Ferdinand in the 78th minute. Rio Ferdinand made a great header on FC Vershina ESPN's corner, it was just that Real Death Ducks's Ronan Marler managed to reach the ball for a save. Ronan Marler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anatoliy Mintenko in the 82nd minute of play. Rio Ferdinand took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ronan Marler. Ronan Marler dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. Sean Ashford could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Edvin van der Sar made a huge save. After having played for 90 minutes, Olexiy Bykaniv managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Vershina ESPN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Olexiy Bykaniv was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.