U23 World League

Akademin
Spectators: 7944 (Terracing: 5959, Seating: 1827, VIP seats: 158) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Victor Țepeneag got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rdth minute of the game Victor Losev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Protegéerna's Georg Vallin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fredrik Billberg hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Mugurel Curea might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Georg Vallin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mugurel Curea ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, Kobra TEAM's Răzvan Pelin got a free kick in the 8th minute. Roy Bennet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 19th minute Mircea Strugure shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Georg Vallin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Țepeneag in the 21st minute of play forced Protegéerna's goalkeeper Georg Vallin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Mugurel Curea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Victor Losev scored 0-1 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Georg Vallin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Georg Vallin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Ciucă in the 28th minute of play. Victor Țepeneag took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Georg Vallin. Georg Vallin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Georg Vallin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Losev in the 33rd minute of play. In the 35th minute Roy Bennet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rareș Stanomir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Protegéerna defense, Victor Losev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Georg Vallin. The Protegéerna fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Georg Vallin should have stopped the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The wind increased when Roy Bennet made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, Victor Losev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Georg Vallin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mircea Strugure in the 57th minute of play forced Protegéerna's goalkeeper Georg Vallin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Protegéerna getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Kristoffer Kock hit a great ball. Victor Losev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Georg Vallin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Olof Löfkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. The supporters of Kobra TEAM booed when Protegéerna was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thomas Lind didn't get a good kick on the ball. Georg Vallin came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by Kobra TEAM's Nicolae Enceanu. But to his dismay, Nicolae Enceanu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Protegéerna's Georg Vallin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Protegéerna from getting a goal against them. Victor Țepeneag could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Georg Vallin made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Kobra TEAM's Victor Țepeneag got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 83rd minute, Răzvan Pelin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Georg Vallin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Losev in the 85th minute of the match. Erling Skarkman's late challenge caught a Kobra TEAM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Erling Skarkman helped the player get up and apologised. After 89 played minutes Protegéerna got a freekick which was hit by Erling Skarkman. 90 minutes into the match, Kobra TEAM's Mircea Strugure sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Georg Vallin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 92nd match minute, Protegéerna was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erling Skarkman to maneuver through the defense. Instead of passing the ball, Victor Țepeneag made a really hard long shot towards goal. Protegéerna's Georg Vallin realized he got lucky when he saw the ball passing the outside of the left post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mircea Strugure in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Georg Vallin saved Protegéerna from getting behind. Kobra TEAM's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.