U23 World League

Eternal Flame Arena
Spectators: 7845 (Terracing: 5885, Seating: 1804, VIP seats: 156) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jerry Moerman got the match started through his kick off. Kurniawan Bisri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Etienne Langhmans in the 3rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Holin Probohudono in the 5th minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Uwe Nwachukwu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 10 minutes into the match, Jerry Moerman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kurniawan Bisri. PHOENIX SC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jerry Moerman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 13 minutes into the match, PHOENIX SC's goal looked a bit too open when Jerry Moerman came free, but Kurniawan Bisri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. PHOENIX SC were furious when Otang Haryanto Ie was red carded, 20 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Kurniawan Bisri had in the 22ndth minute some difficulties stopping Štefko Stadnyuk's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Kurniawan Bisri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerry Moerman in the 27th minute of the match. In the 28th minute, Jerry Moerman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kurniawan Bisri was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kamarudin Simatupang to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute, Kristof Van Dessen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Uwe Nwachukwu didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when PHOENIX SC's Kamarudin Simatupang shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Aries Limbong charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aries Limbong the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 60 played minutes PHOENIX SC got a freekick which was hit by Aries Limbong. Uwe Nwachukwu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kamarudin Simatupang in the 66th minute of play. Klaus Dhondt hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Kamarudin Simatupang scored 2-2 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Uwe Nwachukwu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, PHOENIX SC's Komar Pahlevi got a free kick in the 86th minute. Uwe Nwachukwu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aries Limbong, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Štefko Stadnyuk during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 95th match minute, FC Draconia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Štefko Stadnyuk to maneuver through the defense.