U21 World League

The Duck Pen
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lawrence Banks took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ronan Marler came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Paulopolis's Rui Baiano. But to his dismay, Rui Baiano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Darius Astridge hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 8th match minute, Real Death Ducks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Neil Aldridge to maneuver through the defense. Ronan Marler showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rui Baiano, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 22ndth minute of the game Rui Baiano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Real Death Ducks's Ronan Marler was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 24 minutes into the match, Real Death Ducks's goal looked a bit too open when Lino Meira came free, but Ronan Marler reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Rui Baiano came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Paulopolis 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 Rui Baiano couldn't finish the play. Neil Aldridge made in the 35th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jermaine Brearley. When Rui Baiano fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Paulopolis's protests and gave Rui Baiano a yellow card for diving instead. In the 40th minute, Rui Baiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Giuseppe Varela during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Giuseppe Varela kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Hakim Frémont took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lawrence Banks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rui Baiano made a kick off. In the 53rd minute, Rui Baiano 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. In the 58th minute, Rui Baiano 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, 0-2. After 63 played minutes Paulopolis got a freekick which was hit by Giuseppe Varela. Isaac Harrison took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Hakim Frémont. Paulopolis's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 64 minutes into the game, Inácio Reis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Paulopolis's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Real Death Ducks the free kick. Inácio Reis kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Paulopolis's goal looked a bit too open when Lawrence Banks came free, but Hakim Frémont reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Paulopolis's Rui Baiano got a free kick in the 68th minute. The audience was convinced that Rui Baiano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ronan Marler was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. The supporters of Paulopolis booed when Real Death Ducks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isaac Harrison didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 93 minutes of play Paulopolis's Rui Baiano was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Real Death Ducks lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.