World League

Sombra Arena
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Jimmy Søderberg started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Dimosthenis Doukatelis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Johnathan Bowden, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Johnathan Bowden struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Dimosthenis Doukatelis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Selebi-Phikwe. Dimosthenis Doukatelis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Lundqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. A throw-in in the 17th minute of the game was made by Nykteus Michael with Aiolos Rorris as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After a rather tough play, Selebi-Phikwe's Per-Oskar Anundsson got a free kick in the 18th minute. Dimosthenis Doukatelis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johnathan Bowden in the 20th minute of play. After 29 played minutes Selebi-Phikwe got a freekick which was hit by Marc Thidén. Selebi-Phikwe's Christof Deroek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stathis Kokoris in the 32nd minute of play. Dimosthenis Doukatelis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johnathan Bowden, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. After a rather tough play, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Aiolos Rorris got a free kick in the 38th minute. A collision led to ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Nykteus Michael hit a great ball. Christof Deroek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stathis Kokoris in the 41st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johnathan Bowden in the 42nd minute of play forced ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalkeeper Dimosthenis Doukatelis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Christof Deroek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jimmy Søderberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jimmy Søderberg in the 56th minute of play forced Selebi-Phikwe's goalkeeper Christof Deroek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christof Deroek didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stathis Kokoris went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Dimosthenis Doukatelis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ from getting a goal against them. Selebi-Phikwe's Louis-Philippe Pelsmaeckers was substituted for Marc Thidén. Selebi-Phikwe were awarded a corner in the 65th minute after ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Emanuel Brites took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Victor Lundqvist got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dimosthenis Doukatelis quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Louis-Philippe Pelsmaeckers got free with Dimosthenis Doukatelis in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 72nd minute, Johnathan Bowden got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dimosthenis Doukatelis made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Victor Lundqvist sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stathis Kokoris during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Stathis Kokoris kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Dimosthenis Doukatelis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victor Lundqvist in the 88th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Johnathan Bowden in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dimosthenis Doukatelis saved ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Johnathan Bowden in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dimosthenis Doukatelis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Dimosthenis Doukatelis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Louis-Philippe Pelsmaeckers in the 90th minute of play. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.