World League

Thunders Field
Spectators: 7714 (Terracing: 5787, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Loukianos Staikos made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dian Hatala in the 7th minute of play forced International Thunders's goalkeeper Stefan Neubrandt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaan Aktürk in the 11th minute of play forced Kranji Crunchy's goalkeeper Rio Wahyudi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rio Wahyudi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loukianos Staikos in the 14th minute of the match. After 15 minutes, Jojon Sopandi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kranji Crunchy and the International Thunders players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 15th match minute, Kranji Crunchy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jojon Sopandi to maneuver through the defense. Rio Wahyudi made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Tibor Bäuschlein sent off a good shot on target. 20 minutes into the match, International Thunders's goal looked a bit too open when Dian Hatala came free, but Stefan Neubrandt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rio Wahyudi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kaan Aktürk went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. 31 minutes into the match, International Thunders's goal looked a bit too open when Dian Hatala came free, but Stefan Neubrandt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, Kranji Crunchy's goal looked a bit too open when Kaan Aktürk came free, but Rio Wahyudi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as International Thunders's Loukianos Staikos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rio Wahyudi. That made the score 2-0 after 36 minutes of play. Stefan Neubrandt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dian Hatala in the 39th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Loukianos Staikos notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Kranji Crunchy's Rio Wahyudi. Rio Wahyudi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bule Amin charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bule Amin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 44 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Kranji Crunchy! Kranji Crunchy:s Rio Wahyudi showed great skill when he stopped Carlo Gerick:s penalty.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dian Hatala stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. International Thunders's Stefan Neubrandt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 50th minute of the match, managed to save International Thunders from getting a goal against them. Kranji Crunchy were awarded a corner in the 52th minute after International Thunders's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jojon Sopandi took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Jojon Sopandi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Stefan Neubrandt quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Dian Hatala took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Stefan Neubrandt to make any attempt to save it. In the 56th minute, Raimundas Baleika hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stefan Neubrandt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dian Hatala in the 57th minute of the match. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by International Thunders's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jojon Sopandi was slow to take the kick. During this time Kranji Crunchy's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Jojon Sopandi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but International Thunders's Stefan Neubrandt did a great save. 60 minutes into the game, Rodrigo Ferdinand cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Rio Wahyudi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaan Aktürk in the 65th minute of play forced Kranji Crunchy's goalkeeper Rio Wahyudi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Loukianos Staikos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rio Wahyudi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. Stefan Neubrandt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dian Hatala, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Dian Hatala managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kranji Crunchy's supporters rose to their feet, but Dian Hatala was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stefan Neubrandt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. International Thunders's Rafael Schmitzberger was substituted for Lionel 柯景亦. Rio Wahyudi 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 79th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dian Hatala in the 81st minute of play forced International Thunders's goalkeeper Stefan Neubrandt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rio Wahyudi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tibor Bäuschlein, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rio Wahyudi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaan Aktürk in the 88th minute of play. Rio Wahyudi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Soon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd match minute, Kranji Crunchy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dian Hatala to maneuver through the defense. International Thunders walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.