World League

Eternal Flame Arena
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Yiğitcan Tugal got the match started through his kick off. PHOENIX SC were furious when Dadá D Agostino was red carded, 2 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. PHOENIX SC made a substitution. Lucky Sihite replaced Lilcho Ilchov. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 2nd minute of the game. One of PHOENIX SC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Real Death Ducks:s goal. The referee gave Real Death Ducks a penalty, 5 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Franklin de Queiroz, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of PHOENIX SC's Ray Clemence. 0-1. Ray Clemence made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yiğitcan Tugal in the 8th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Franklin de Queiroz during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Real Death Ducks getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Franklin de Queiroz hit a great ball. Frederico Hendrickx sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ray Clemence showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franklin de Queiroz in the 18th minute of the match. Ray Clemence took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robin Hultstrand, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ray Clemence made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robin Hultstrand in the 24th minute of play. Ray Clemence showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wen Feng Shi, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Ray Clemence made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yiğitcan Tugal in the 32nd minute of play. When Real Death Ducks's Yiğitcan Tugal in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PHOENIX SC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 37th minute Franklin de Queiroz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ray Clemence saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 43rdth minute of the game Franklin de Queiroz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PHOENIX SC's Ray Clemence was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 45th minute, Robin Hultstrand left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Real Death Ducks fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

PHOENIX SC made a substitution. Aryeh Markovich replaced Holin Probohudono. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frederico Hendrickx to make the kick off. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by PHOENIX SC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ive Volckaerts was slow to take the kick. During this time Real Death Ducks's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of PHOENIX SC's goalie and right to D.J. Smith. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. PHOENIX SC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Syd Cullen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frederico Hendrickx in the 61st minute of the match. Ray Clemence took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ive Volckaerts, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frederico Hendrickx recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 68th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ray Clemence showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin Hultstrand in the 72nd minute of the match. PHOENIX SC's Phoenix Kante managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Augustin Cârstea in the 73 minute of the game. Frederico Hendrickx struck a weak shot in the 80th minute. Syd Cullen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for PHOENIX SC. Real Death Ducks's Ni Yong Lei was substituted for Wen Feng Shi. 84 minutes into the match, Real Death Ducks's goal looked a bit too open when Yonas Sutrisna came free, but Syd Cullen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 85 minutes into the match, PHOENIX SC's Frederico Hendrickx sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Syd Cullen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 86 minutes Real Death Ducks's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Phoenix Kante who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Phoenix Kante almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Real Death Ducks's Syd Cullen did a great save. In the 89th minute, Augustin Cârstea reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ray Clemence. The goal made the score 0-4. Ray Clemence made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Jay Menzies sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Jay Menzies managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Death Ducks's supporters rose to their feet, but Jay Menzies was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ray Clemence breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Frederico Hendrickx's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Syd Cullen read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 96th minute of play. After 97 minutes Real Death Ducks's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Phoenix Kante who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Real Death Ducks's goalie and right to Yonas Sutrisna. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Real Death Ducks's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When the final whistle sounded Real Death Ducks left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than PHOENIX SC.