World League

Old Heaven
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Timur Chichko got the match started through his kick off. Josue Ayala showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigoris Charalambidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Grigoris Charalambidis might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Josue Ayala. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Grigoris Charalambidis ran back to his position shaking his head. Josue Ayala showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigoris Charalambidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 12th minute of the match, Timur Chichko tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Grzegorz Duszenski saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. If Timur Chichko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 17 minutes into the match, Bastion Juźkowa's goal looked a bit too open when Timur Chichko came free, but Grzegorz Duszenski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grigoris Charalambidis in the 18th minute of play. Bastion Juźkowa's Grzegorz Duszenski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timur Chichko in the 19th minute of play. Bastion Juźkowa's Stamatis Seletopoulos quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Sebastian Postelnicu, made in the 20th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigoris Charalambidis in the 24th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Josue Ayala to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Tudor Sălcudeanu got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's attentive Ruslan Shagiakhmetov managed to snatch the ball when Panos Kapodistrias made a throw-in in the 27th minute of the game. Grzegorz Duszenski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timur Chichko, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Josue Ayala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grigoris Charalambidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Grigoris Charalambidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigoris Charalambidis in the 31st minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Josue Ayala to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grzegorz Duszenski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Timur Chichko in the 32nd minute. 36 minutes into the game, Tudor Sălcudeanu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bastion Juźkowa the free kick. In the 36th match minute, Феникс Санкт-Петербург was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tudor Sălcudeanu to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigoris Charalambidis in the 37th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Josue Ayala to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gennadiy Nazarov hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. After 40 played minutes, Bastion Juźkowa's Eddie Blount shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Josue Ayala came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Bastion Juźkowa reached it. Josue Ayala showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigoris Charalambidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Grigoris Charalambidis made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Grigoris Charalambidis in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Josue Ayala saved Феникс Санкт-Петербург from getting behind. After taking down the ball on Bastion Juźkowa's corner Eddie Blount fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Josue Ayala quite easily take care of the ball. Bastion Juźkowa's attentive Stamatis Seletopoulos managed to snatch the ball when Sebastian Postelnicu made a throw-in in the 55th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Sebastian Postelnicu in the 56th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Bastion Juźkowa's Harvey Goodwin. Josue Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grigoris Charalambidis in the 59th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal looked a bit too open when Grigoris Charalambidis came free, but Josue Ayala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Alexandr Berezin was substituted for Ruslan Shagiakhmetov. 69 minutes into the game, Gennadiy Blatun threw the ball into play from the sideline. Bastion Juźkowa's Stamatis Seletopoulos quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Bastion Juźkowa made a substitution. Benjamin Paranaense replaced Leonard Creteanu. With a little luck, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala got control of the ball when Zbigniew Zawacki tried to sneak it across the goal line. Феникс Санкт-Петербург made a substitution. Osman Gulson replaced Sebastian Postelnicu. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Liu Jie managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Froilan Erlantz in the 78 minute of the game. Josue Ayala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugon Gongola in the 84th minute of the match. Timur Chichko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Grzegorz Duszenski having to make a save. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Liu Jie managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Stamatis Seletopoulos in the 88 minute of the game. In the 91st minute Hugon Gongola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Josue Ayala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Josue Ayala made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zbigniew Zawacki in the 92nd minute. Timur Chichko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Grzegorz Duszenski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.