U23 World League

Pannenkoekenhuis
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when René Batum got the match started through his kick off. Mark Kramer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silver Phoenix, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After 6 minutes of play, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Iurie Bănățeanu made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mark Kramer was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 10th minute, Iurie Bănățeanu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 16 minutes into the match, Pannekoeken's goal looked a bit too open when Silver Phoenix came free, but Mark Kramer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute, Iurie Bănățeanu made a precise shot to the right of Mark Kramer. Pannekoeken's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Mark Kramer came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Irinel Buta. But to his dismay, Irinel Buta quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Iurie Bănățeanu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mark Kramer read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silver Phoenix in the 24th minute of play forced Pannekoeken's goalkeeper Mark Kramer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mark Kramer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucian Şimonca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mark Kramer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iurie Bănățeanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. After some careless play in the Pannekoeken defense, Irinel Buta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mark Kramer. The Pannekoeken fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mark Kramer should have stopped the shot. 40 minutes into the match, Pannekoeken's goal looked a bit too open when Irinel Buta came free, but Mark Kramer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Pannekoeken defense, Iurie Bănățeanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mark Kramer. The Pannekoeken fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mark Kramer should have stopped the shot. The Pannekoeken players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca were winning 0-7.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Iurie Bănățeanu made a kick off. Emil Angheluș received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Mark Kramer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Silver Phoenix kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mark Kramer. That made the score 0-8 in the 55 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Pannekoeken's Jordi Nedergaard got a free kick in the 59th minute. Iurie Bănățeanu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mark Kramer having to interfere. Mark Kramer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silver Phoenix in the 64th minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Codruț Macaneață notched a goal, 0-9, to the right of Pannekoeken's Mark Kramer. Mark Kramer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 71 minutes into the match, Irinel Buta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mark Kramer. Pannekoeken's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Irinel Buta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-10. If Irinel Buta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Irinel Buta scored 0-11 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mark Kramer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Silver Phoenix received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mark Kramer came out and tried to block the shot, but Silver Phoenix slotted it home off the left post making it 0-12 in the 82nd minute. If Codruț Macaneață had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Valer Onișoru showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from René Batum, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. In the 94th minute, Iurie Bănățeanu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mark Kramer was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-13. When the final whistle sounded PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Pannekoeken.