World League

Sombra Arena
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The audience was convinced that Wiliam dos Santos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stefan Neubrandt was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Wiliam dos Santoss short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Stefan Neubrandt to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaan Aktürk in the 8th minute of play forced ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalkeeper Dimosthenis Doukatelis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Nykteus Michael hit a great ball. When Lionel 柯景亦 fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored International Thunders's protests and gave Lionel 柯景亦 a yellow card for diving instead. After 14 played minutes International Thunders got a freekick which was hit by Lionel 柯景亦. The audience was convinced that Wiliam dos Santos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stefan Neubrandt was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. After 20 minutes International Thunders's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lajos Szatmári who took care of the corner kick. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Ruddi Berendsen got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-0. 20 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute, Kaan Aktürk made a precise shot to the right of Dimosthenis Doukatelis. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wiliam dos Santos in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stefan Neubrandt prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 33rd minute, Rodrigo Ferdinand ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dimosthenis Doukatelis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. The supporters of ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ booed when International Thunders was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lionel 柯景亦 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stefan Neubrandt stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wiliam dos Santos's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Ferdinand in the 39th minute of play forced ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalkeeper Dimosthenis Doukatelis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stefan Neubrandt made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Wiliam dos Santos sent off a good shot on target. Dimosthenis Doukatelis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaan Aktürk, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Oskar Vahlberg kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Lajos Szatmári took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 45th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Stefan Neubrandt. International Thunders's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Dimosthenis Doukatelis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Loukianos Staikos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dimosthenis Doukatelis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Loukianos Staikos in the 53rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rodrigo Ferdinand got free with Dimosthenis Doukatelis in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 58th minute Wiliam dos Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefan Neubrandt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jimmy Søderberg's late challenge caught a International Thunders's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jimmy Søderberg helped the player get up and apologised. Jimmy Søderberg hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Dimosthenis Doukatelis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaan Aktürk, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After 63 minutes ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Carlo Gerick who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on International Thunders's corner Nichifor Borăscu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dimosthenis Doukatelis quite easily take care of the ball. 63 minutes into the match, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Ferdinand came free, but Dimosthenis Doukatelis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 65 played minutes ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Charalambos Kouropoulos. International Thunders's Jonathan Soon was substituted for Loukianos Staikos. After 66 played minutes ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Charalambos Kouropoulos. After a rather tough play, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Nykteus Michael got a free kick in the 67th minute. International Thunders's Carlo Gerick shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 68th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Dimosthenis Doukatelis but with some difficulty. Wiliam dos Santos scored 2-4 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stefan Neubrandt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Wiliam dos Santos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stefan Neubrandt having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wiliam dos Santos in the 77th minute of play forced International Thunders's goalkeeper Stefan Neubrandt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stefan Neubrandt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wiliam dos Santos, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Kaan Aktürk received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dimosthenis Doukatelis came out and tried to block the shot, but Kaan Aktürk slotted it home off the left post making it 2-5 in the 79th minute. Stefan Neubrandt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jimmy Søderberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 85th minute Wiliam dos Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefan Neubrandt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dimosthenis Doukatelis came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by International Thunders's Kaan Aktürk. But to his dismay, Kaan Aktürk quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-6. International Thunders made a substitution. Mario Moser replaced Oskar Vahlberg. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Dimosthenis Doukatelis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathan Soon in the 93rd minute of play. In the 96th minute, Tibor Bäuschlein ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dimosthenis Doukatelis was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-7. International Thunders's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.