U23 World League

STEFAN CEL MARE
Spectators: 8002 (Terracing: 6003, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nils Neufeld started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the DINAMO PLOIESTI defense, Nils Neufeld kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Adnan Golubović. The DINAMO PLOIESTI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Adnan Golubović should have stopped the shot. Adnan Golubović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nils Neufeld in the 6th minute of play. Bircan Onay made a great header on SC Otten's corner, it was just that DINAMO PLOIESTI's Adnan Golubović managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 13th minute Nils Neufeld shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adnan Golubović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 14th minute SC Otten were awarded a corner. Bircan Onay went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led SC Otten's Bircan Onay to fire away a dangerous shot which Adnan Golubović despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 17th minute of the game Mai Peng Tian made a throw-in which Eugenios Saridakis played forward. SC Otten's Cícero Proença played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kunter Irmak in the 21st minute of play. DINAMO PLOIESTI were awarded a corner in the 23th minute after SC Otten's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Zlatan Ibrahimov took the corner. After taking down the ball on DINAMO PLOIESTI's corner Eugenios Saridakis fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Cícero Proença quite easily take care of the ball. In the 25thth minute of the game Kunter Irmak who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Otten's Cícero Proença was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nils Neufeld received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Adnan Golubović tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nils Neufeld in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Adnan Golubović prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Eduard Constantiniu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Cícero Proença made a huge save. If Petruț Măliță had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 39 played minutes DINAMO PLOIESTI got a freekick which was hit by Manole Amuguroancei. Bircan Onay recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the SC Otten defense, Kunter Irmak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cícero Proença. The SC Otten fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cícero Proença should have stopped the shot. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kunter Irmak to make the kick off. Bircan Onay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Adnan Golubović tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kunter Irmak took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cícero Proença. Cícero Proença dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Claudiu Dragan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cícero Proença having to interfere. Nils Neufeld fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adnan Golubović having to interfere. In the 66thth minute of the game Gunnar Halleck who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but DINAMO PLOIESTI's Adnan Golubović was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. SC Otten's Cícero Proença played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kunter Irmak in the 67th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Kunter Irmak ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cícero Proença was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Cícero Proença showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zlatan Ibrahimov in the 71st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gunnar Halleck in the 74th minute of play forced DINAMO PLOIESTI's goalkeeper Adnan Golubović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gunnar Halleck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adnan Golubović having to interfere. Claudiu Dragan took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cícero Proença. Cícero Proença dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Adnan Golubović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gunnar Halleck in the 93rd minute of the match. Cícero Proença made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kunter Irmak in the 95th minute of play. For all the effort they put into the match, the SC Otten players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for DINAMO PLOIESTI.