World League

Vicente Calderon
Spectators: 7705 (Terracing: 5780, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when David Batuhin made the kick off which started today's match. Andy Entrena could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Ray Clemence made a huge save. Inge Marin came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by PHOENIX SC's Yonas Sutrisna. But to his dismay, Yonas Sutrisna quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 10 minutes into the match, Cuatrodeocho's goal looked a bit too open when Lilcho Ilchov came free, but Inge Marin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Inge Marin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Holin Probohudono, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. PHOENIX SC's Ray Clemence proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save PHOENIX SC from getting a goal against them. Apat Machado hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. 15 minutes into the match, Cuatrodeocho's goal looked a bit too open when Holin Probohudono came free, but Inge Marin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ray Clemence didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from David Batuhin went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lilcho Ilchov in the 21st minute of play forced Cuatrodeocho's goalkeeper Inge Marin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Inge Marin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Holin Probohudono, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 28th minute Yonas Sutrisna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Inge Marin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When David Batuhin came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Cuatrodeocho 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 David Batuhin couldn't finish the play. Inge Marin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frederico Hendrickx in the 30th minute of play. In the 33rd minute Frederico Hendrickx shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Inge Marin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, David Batuhin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ray Clemence. PHOENIX SC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that David Batuhin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Inge Marin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lilcho Ilchov went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. 42 minutes into the match, Cuatrodeocho's goal looked a bit too open when Holin Probohudono came free, but Inge Marin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ray Clemence made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Batuhin in the 43rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Batuhin in the 44th minute of play forced PHOENIX SC's goalkeeper Ray Clemence to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Frederico Hendrickx made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Ronaldo Messi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cuatrodeocho's Inge Marin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Cuatrodeocho from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Cuatrodeocho's Inge Marin got control of the ball when Yonas Sutrisna tried to sneak it across the goal line. Inge Marin made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Lilcho Ilchov sent off a good shot on target. 58 minutes into the match, David Batuhin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ray Clemence. PHOENIX SC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that David Batuhin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. PHOENIX SC's Aryeh Markovich was substituted for Holin Probohudono. David Batuhin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ray Clemence having to interfere. Inge Marin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lilcho Ilchov in the 65th minute of the match. Inge Marin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dadá D Agostino in the 68th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Batuhin in the 69th minute of play forced PHOENIX SC's goalkeeper Ray Clemence to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Inge Marin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yonas Sutrisna in the 72nd minute of play. PHOENIX SC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Phoenix Kante in the 73rd minute. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind PHOENIX SC's goalkeeper Ray Clemence, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cuatrodeocho made a substitution. Iván Villafane replaced David Batuhin. If Iván Villafane had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 86th minute, Lilcho Ilchov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Inge Marin made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Frederico Hendrickx sent off a good shot on target. Rodrigo Abaurre made in the 92nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Frederico Hendrickx. PHOENIX SC's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Cuatrodeocho had won, even though PHOENIX SC had held more of the ball.