World League

Vervoordt
Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Codruț Macaneață took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Johnny Siggman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valer Onișoru was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. In the 12th minute, Olov Helström got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Codruț Macaneață struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Matthias Bjurström didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca. Matthias Bjurström came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Codruț Macaneață. But to his dismay, Codruț Macaneață quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to 808s & Heartbreak getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Oliver Skark hit a great ball. Valer Onișoru showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johnny Siggman, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Codruț Macaneață took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Matthias Bjurström. Matthias Bjurström dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Olov Helström recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 38 minutes into the match, Codruț Macaneață notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of 808s & Heartbreak's Matthias Bjurström. Matthias Bjurström was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Codruț Macaneață received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Matthias Bjurström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Gigi Bobei ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matthias Bjurström was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Codruț Macaneață might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Matthias Bjurström. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Codruț Macaneață ran back to his position shaking his head. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Johnny Siggman to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Virgil Jupân hit a great ball. Olov Helström's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Valer Onișoru read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. Johnny Siggman's late challenge caught a PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Johnny Siggman helped the player get up and apologised. In the 59th match minute, 808s & Heartbreak was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Johnny Siggman to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute, Codruț Macaneață got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Matthias Bjurström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Codruț Macaneață in the 68th minute of the match. Matthias Bjurström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Codruț Macaneață, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute, Gigi Bobei ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matthias Bjurström was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. After a defensive mix-up in PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's zone, Olov Helström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Valer Onișoru came out of the goal and Olov Helström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Sebastian Culcer hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Felix Mihăilescu during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Felix Mihăilescu got a free kick in the 85th minute. 808s & Heartbreak's Matthias Bjurström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save 808s & Heartbreak from getting a goal against them. In the 87thth minute Gigi Bobei got a great chance to score trying to place the ball in the top left corner, but Matthias Bjurström was prepared and efficiently stopped the ball from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Johnny Siggman managed to get in a good position for a shot. 808s & Heartbreak's supporters rose to their feet, but Johnny Siggman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Valer Onișoru breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, Codruț Macaneață put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Matthias Bjurström.