U21 World League

KOMPLEK DUTA KRANJI
Spectators: 7811 (Terracing: 5860, Seating: 1796, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emmanuel Komara started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Kranji Crunchy's Welly Renata got a free kick in the 4th minute. 5 minutes into the game, Edwin Sugiarto was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kranji Crunchy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ the free kick. The long shot by Demas Hutagaol in the 9th minute really tested João Francisco Loyola's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Anwar Antoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Güray Arıkhan in the 12th minute of the match. A collision led to ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Baltazar de Castro hit a great ball. Anwar Antoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Güray Arıkhan in the 22nd minute of play. Welly Renata kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Emmanuel Komara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Birol Gezer in the 27th minute of play forced Kranji Crunchy's goalkeeper Anwar Antoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marc Linz charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marc Linz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Marc Linz hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Febri Kili-kili got free with João Francisco Loyola in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Demas Hutagaol hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. 39 minutes into the game, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Bater Cuca nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Anwar Antoni made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Anwar Antoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Güray Arıkhan in the 44th minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Birol Gezer got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Anwar Antoni quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 46th minute, Norberto Abechuco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 47th minute Febri Kili-kili shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Francisco Loyola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Kranji Crunchy players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ were winning 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bater Cuca stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Welly Renata was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 50 minutes had been played. A collision led to Kranji Crunchy getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Welly Renata hit a great ball. A collision led to Kranji Crunchy getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Ibnu Faturrahman hit a great ball. Cristóvão Campidelis's shot from long distance in the 54th minute was not bad at all, but Kranji Crunchy's Anwar Antoni knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. In the 57th minute, Cristóvão Campidelis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Kranji Crunchy's Anwar Antoni got control of the ball when Güray Arıkhan tried to sneak it across the goal line. When ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Bater Cuca in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kranji Crunchy's goalie prevented a goal. Anwar Antoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bater Cuca in the 69th minute of play. Emmanuel Komara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. João Francisco Loyola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. João Francisco Loyola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panda Handoko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kranji Crunchy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cristóvão Campidelis was slow to take the kick. During this time ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's players had a chance to rest. Handoko Andeas was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 78 minutes into the match. After 79 played minutes Kranji Crunchy got a freekick which was hit by Handoko Andeas. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Cristóvão Campidelis managed to get in a good position for a shot. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristóvão Campidelis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anwar Antoni breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 84th minute ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ were awarded a corner. Cristóvão Campidelis went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Cristóvão Campidelis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Kranji Crunchy's Anwar Antoni did a great save. Norberto Abechuco's late challenge caught a Kranji Crunchy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Norberto Abechuco helped the player get up and apologised. After 88 played minutes ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ got a freekick which was hit by Norberto Abechuco. In the 92nd minute, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Bater Cuca ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Anwar Antoni. Anwar Antoni yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. 1-5 became the score in the 95th minute when Birol Gezer elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.