Prized/Friendly Cup

varennes stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sahala Maranatha kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Varennes getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Oliver Shirley hit a great ball. Andra Levandy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Brice Leach tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 10 minutes, Victor Osimhen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PHOENIX SC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Victor Osimhen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 12th match minute, PHOENIX SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nuryono Sugianto to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind PHOENIX SC's goalkeeper Kurniawan Bisri, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 14 minutes into the game, Apa Mau was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PHOENIX SC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Varennes the free kick. In the 14th minute, Apa Mau hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Apa Mau was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 18 minutes had been played. After 19 played minutes PHOENIX SC got a freekick which was hit by Apa Mau. After a rather tough play, Varennes's Randell McCullough got a free kick in the 20th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Varennes's zone, Sahala Maranatha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Brice Leach came out of the goal and Sahala Maranatha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sahala Maranatha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Brice Leach having to interfere. After 34 minutes of play, PHOENIX SC's Sahala Maranatha made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Brice Leach was left in no man's land by his defense there! Varennes's Brice Leach played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sahala Maranatha in the 37th minute of play. Brice Leach showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Osimhen in the 41st minute of the match. Sahala Maranatha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, PHOENIX SC's Julian Sungkono got a free kick in the 45th minute. Kurniawan Bisri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Loic Deal in the 46th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Brice Leach was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Andra Levandy showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 51 minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Varennes's Ellsworth Lindsay sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kurniawan Bisri narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Sahala Maranatha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Brice Leach having to interfere. 67 minutes into the match, PHOENIX SC's Bento Tanonaka sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Brice Leach narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 68 minutes, Ellsworth Lindsay managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Varennes's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ellsworth Lindsay was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Varennes's Brice Leach proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Varennes from getting a goal against them. In the 71st match minute, Varennes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Randell McCullough to maneuver through the defense. In the 72nd minute, Varennes's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Sahala Maranatha fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Varennes's Brice Leach proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Varennes from getting a goal against them. In the 79th minute, PHOENIX SC's Sahala Maranatha dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salvador Braswell in the 82nd minute of play forced PHOENIX SC's goalkeeper Kurniawan Bisri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kurniawan Bisri stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ellsworth Lindsay's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Ellsworth Lindsay's late challenge caught a PHOENIX SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ellsworth Lindsay helped the player get up and apologised. Sahala Maranatha recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Brice Leach made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sahala Maranatha in the 94th minute. The audience was convinced that Loic Deal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kurniawan Bisri was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. The PHOENIX SC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing PHOENIX SC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.