U23 World League

The Duck Pen
Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Keanu Sawyer made the kick off which started today's match. Ronan Marler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miroslaw Turak in the 4th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Real Death Ducks's goal looked a bit too open when Lucjan Bara came free, but Ronan Marler reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 8 minutes into the game, Fedaykin of Arrakeen's Damazy Dziewulski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ronan Marler made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. When Lucjan Bara came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Fedaykin of Arrakeen 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 Lucjan Bara couldn't finish the play. 16 minutes into the match, Fedaykin of Arrakeen's goal looked a bit too open when Rachid Baba Ali Mohammadi came free, but Piotr Furgat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ronan Marler showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucjan Danisiewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. After some careless play in the Real Death Ducks defense, Deng Guo Yang kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ronan Marler. The Real Death Ducks fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ronan Marler should have stopped the shot. Deng Guo Yang took the ball and in the 22 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 0-3. Nat Ashby charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nat Ashby the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nat Ashby hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Lucjan Bara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ronan Marler was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Dean Downs kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Keanu Sawyer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Real Death Ducks's Dominic Ablethorpe got a free kick in the 35th minute. Ronan Marler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damazy Dziewulski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ronan Marler didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Damazy Dziewulski went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. After 43 minutes, Lucjan Bara mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fedaykin of Arrakeen and the Real Death Ducks players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 43rd minute, Lucjan Bara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Real Death Ducks made a substitution. Kevin Haseldine replaced Anthony Cahill. 53 minutes into the match, Real Death Ducks's goal looked a bit too open when Deng Guo Yang came free, but Ronan Marler reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fedaykin of Arrakeen's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Klement Jaszcz in the 54th minute. A nice corner shot did that Klement Jaszcz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ronan Marler quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Piotr Furgat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nat Ashby, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ronan Marler was out of position in the 57 minute of play, and Damazy Dziewulski capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Damazy Dziewulski really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Real Death Ducks made a substitution. Bart Ryder replaced Keanu Sawyer. A collision led to Real Death Ducks getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Kevin Haseldine hit a great ball. Real Death Ducks's Ronan Marler proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Real Death Ducks from getting a goal against them. Lucjan Bara received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ronan Marler came out and tried to block the shot, but Lucjan Bara slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 74th minute. In the 76th minute, Norbert Prokowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 80th minute, Deng Guo Yang made a precise shot to the right of Ronan Marler. Real Death Ducks's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. When Sol Bowden fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Real Death Ducks's protests and gave Sol Bowden a yellow card for diving instead. Sol Bowden kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. In the 85th minute, Klement Jaszcz sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Real Death Ducks's Ronan Marler didn't even have to move. During the 85th minute of the match Kevin Haseldine completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Kevin Haseldine a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 86th minute, Kevin Haseldine hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Real Death Ducks's Ronan Marler proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Real Death Ducks from getting a goal against them. Ronan Marler made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lucjan Bara in the 88th minute. Jamal Yeo hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. Ronan Marler made an important save on a dangerous shot by Damazy Dziewulski in the 98th minute. Fedaykin of Arrakeen's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.