World League

Claudiu Maior
Spectators: 7973 (Terracing: 5981, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ime Mavros kicked off to start the match. Christian Abbiati was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Carlos Mei showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 5 minute of play. Christian Abbiati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Mei in the 14th minute of the match. Christian Abbiati made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Carlos Mei sent off a good shot on target. After taking down the ball on KANONIERZY's corner Gösta Söderberg fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lyle Coppack quite easily take care of the ball. Lyle Coppack showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ime Mavros in the 24th minute of the match. Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely's Carlos Mei got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lyle Coppack showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ali Hamza Hanefi, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely's goal looked a bit too open when Ime Mavros came free, but Lyle Coppack reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute of the match KANONIERZY got a corner. Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gösta Söderberg ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led KANONIERZY's Gösta Söderberg to fire away a dangerous shot which Lyle Coppack despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 46th minute Gösta Söderberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lyle Coppack saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Carlos Mei made a kick off. In the 53rd minute Carlos Mei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Abbiati saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 54 minutes into the match, Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely's goalkeeper Lyle Coppack had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gösta Söderberg. When the match had gone on for 57 minutes, Ime Mavros took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Lyle Coppack to make any attempt to save it. KANONIERZY's Christian Abbiati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Mei in the 61st minute of play. Lyle Coppack was out of position in the 64 minute of play, and Ime Mavros capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ime Mavros really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. Lyle Coppack made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Ime Mavros sent off a good shot on target. Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely's Lyle Coppack played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ime Mavros in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Mei in the 75th minute of play forced KANONIERZY's goalkeeper Christian Abbiati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ime Mavros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Carlos Mei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lyle Coppack was a little too slow when Ime Mavros got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 86th minute. The score was now 2-3. After having played for 90 minutes, Carlos Mei managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely's supporters crossed their fingers, but Carlos Mei was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. KANONIERZY's Christian Abbiati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrián-Daniel Dobre in the 91st minute of play. KANONIERZY's Christian Abbiati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mihăiţă Stolniceanu in the 95th minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. KANONIERZY walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.