World League

Aréna ŠKH
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Frank Lauria showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ibai Koldobika in the 7th minute of the match. With a little luck, Champions Iasi's Frank Lauria got control of the ball when Ondrej Poliovka tried to sneak it across the goal line. Daniele De Rossi took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gabriel Černoch. Gabriel Černoch dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After 18 minutes, Stanislav Hudek mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ŠK Horelica and the Champions Iasi players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ŠK Horelica's Stanislav Hudek got a free kick in the 19th minute. 21 minutes into the match, Daniele De Rossi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gabriel Černoch. ŠK Horelica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniele De Rossi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Daniele De Rossi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 31 minutes into the match, Daniele De Rossi notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of ŠK Horelica's Gabriel Černoch. Gabriel Černoch was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gabriel Černoch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniele De Rossi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute, Daniele De Rossi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Champions Iasi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. ŠK Horelica's Filip Seman got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Disappointed in the 1-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniele De Rossi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Daniele De Rossi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-6. Gabriel Černoch was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Ondrej Poliovka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gabriel Černoch made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniele De Rossi in the 64th minute. The audience was convinced that Ondrej Poliovka's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Frank Lauria was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Frank Lauria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ondrej Poliovka in the 69th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniele De Rossi got free with Gabriel Černoch in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 84th minute Daniele De Rossi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Černoch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dorel Istrate hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. If Cosmin Iureș had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, Champions Iasi's Eliodor Moisescu got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Iustin Coporan's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Gabriel Černoch firmly grabbed it by the left post. Champions Iasi's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vasile Mumuleanu in the 97th minute. The ŠK Horelica supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Champions Iasi's performance. The match ended with a win for Champions Iasi.