U23 League

Diamond Parck
Spectators: 177 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bogdan Bogdanović took the kick off in the first half of the match. Petrică Manole kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Sören Malmberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Țepeneag in the 6th minute of play. Kobra TEAM were awarded a corner in the 7th minute after Club 23's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Victor Losev took the corner. Kobra TEAM's Rareș Stanomir proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Kobra TEAM from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Kobra TEAM booed when Club 23 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nae Lalescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Victor Țepeneag blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sören Malmberg having to make a save. In the 12th minute Victor Țepeneag shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sören Malmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rareș Stanomir didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bogdan Bogdanović went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Rareș Stanomir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liu Chao Xiao in the 18th minute of the match. If Victor Țepeneag had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sören Malmberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Țepeneag in the 27th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Țepeneag in the 29th minute of play forced Club 23's goalkeeper Sören Malmberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Druțu Daniel made in the 30th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Liu Chao Xiao. Sören Malmberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Țepeneag in the 33rd minute of play. Victor Țepeneag sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Victor Țepeneag fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sören Malmberg having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Liu Chao Xiao made a precise shot to the right of Rareș Stanomir. Kobra TEAM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. 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 Victor Țepeneag made a kick off. Sören Malmberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Țepeneag in the 51st minute of the match. After 52 played minutes Kobra TEAM got a freekick which was hit by Petrică Manole. Rareș Stanomir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bogdan Bogdanović in the 57th minute of play. A collision led to Club 23 getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Druțu Daniel hit a great ball. Victor Țepeneags short, quick shot in the 66thth minute got Sören Malmberg to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 69th minute Kobra TEAM were awarded a corner. Victor Losev went to the cornerflag to take it. Club 23's Bogdan Bogdanović got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Club 23's Liu Chao Xiao got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sören Malmberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor Țepeneag's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. Kobra TEAM's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.