U21 World League

P. Alexandru Arena
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) A collision led to Med Gang FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Simen Heisters hit a great ball. 12 minutes into the match, Marin Zbuchea dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ronny Drake, 1-0. After 16 played minutes Med Gang FC got a freekick which was hit by Issa Michel. In the 18th match minute, F.C. YKE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grigore Cernescu to maneuver through the defense. After 20 minutes of play, Med Gang FC's Love Kiss made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Helmuth Duckadam was left in no man's land by his defense there! 22 minutes into the game, Marin Zbuchea recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ronny Drake. Marin Zbuchea showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. After some careless play in the F.C. YKE defense, Love Kiss kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Helmuth Duckadam. The F.C. YKE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Helmuth Duckadam should have stopped the shot. Helmuth Duckadam showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Love Kiss, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. The audience was convinced that Issa Michel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Helmuth Duckadam was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. 32 minutes into the match, Kjell-Arne Svensson notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of F.C. YKE's Helmuth Duckadam. Helmuth Duckadam was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Love Kiss in the 35th minute of play forced F.C. YKE's goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute, Love Kiss hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 38 minutes, Olimpiu Oloieru managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. F.C. YKE's supporters crossed their fingers, but Olimpiu Oloieru was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 45 minutes into the match, Marin Zbuchea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ronny Drake. Med Gang FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marin Zbuchea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vasile Ike to make the kick off. Love Kiss's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Helmuth Duckadam firmly grabbed it by the left post. With his leg Helmuth Duckadam managed to avoid a goal in the 53rdth minute, when Med Gang FC's Love Kiss fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, Med Gang FC's Gulloo Yildirim got a free kick in the 56th minute. Ronny Drake made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marin Zbuchea in the 57th minute of play. The supporters of F.C. YKE booed when Med Gang FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leif Bergqvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Med Gang FC booed when F.C. YKE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rareș Agulescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issa Michel in the 66th minute of play forced F.C. YKE's goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 66 played minutes Med Gang FC got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Vedholm. Ronny Drake showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olimpiu Oloieru, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Ronny Drake made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marin Zbuchea in the 70th minute of play. Horea Afloroaiei charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Horea Afloroaiei the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to F.C. YKE getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Horea Afloroaiei hit a great ball. F.C. YKE's Helmuth Duckadam proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save F.C. YKE from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olimpiu Oloieru in the 84th minute of play forced Med Gang FC's goalkeeper Ronny Drake to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ronny Drake showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olimpiu Oloieru, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Ronny Drake took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olimpiu Oloieru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ronny Drake took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olimpiu Oloieru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.