U21 World League

Stora Valla
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fabian Holmberg kicked off to start the match. Irinel Mudura sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 5th minute the ball was on its way in behind IFK Kik's goalkeeper Kaj Örnberg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lennart Vallman kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the match, IFK Kik's goal looked a bit too open when Irinel Mudura came free, but Kaj Örnberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Andrei Măgură's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kaj Örnberg was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Kaj Örnberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Barbosu, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 21st minute Fabian Holmberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Traian Papadache saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rd minute Fabian Holmberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Traian Papadache saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Fc Otelul Galati's Andrei Măgură sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kaj Örnberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to IFK Kik getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Lennart Vallman hit a great ball. Traian Papadache stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fabian Holmberg's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luca Barbosu during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Luca Barbosu hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Traian Papadache showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabian Holmberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 33rd minute, Viorel Gaciu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Irinel Mudura in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kaj Örnberg saved IFK Kik from getting behind. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Irinel Mudura during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 39th match minute, Fc Otelul Galati was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Irinel Mudura to maneuver through the defense. 41 minutes into the match, Irinel Mudura had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kaj Örnberg. IFK Kik's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Irinel Mudura was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2.

When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Fabian Holmberg put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Traian Papadache. After 61 minutes, Horaţiu Covaci mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fc Otelul Galati and the IFK Kik players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 64 minutes of play, IFK Kik's Fabian Holmberg made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Traian Papadache was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabian Holmberg in the 66th minute of play forced Fc Otelul Galati's goalkeeper Traian Papadache to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th match minute, Fc Otelul Galati was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Arsenescu to maneuver through the defense. Lennart Vallman blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Traian Papadache having to make a save. After 71 played minutes IFK Kik got a freekick which was hit by Alf Svartengren. Traian Papadache came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by IFK Kik's Thomas Julin. But to his dismay, Thomas Julin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. After 78 played minutes IFK Kik got a freekick which was hit by Sture Söder. Alf Svartengren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 83rd minute, Alf Svartengren 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. Vintilă Nicolau kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Isak Alberg took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 85th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Traian Papadache. Fc Otelul Galati's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Sture Söder fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Traian Papadache having to interfere. Horaţiu Covaci hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Horaţiu Covaci kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. After 96 minutes, Thomas Julin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the IFK Kik and the Fc Otelul Galati players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 96th match minute, IFK Kik was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thomas Julin to maneuver through the defense. IFK Kik's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.