U23 World League

Queen Arena
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Helmut Berrisch started the match with the kick off. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Costică Ailincai put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jan Schulz. The long shot by Cezar Marinică in the 8th minute really tested Jan Schulz's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. 9 minutes into the match, Costică Ailincai had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jan Schulz. FC Hollywood's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Costică Ailincai was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Filip Jităreanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Jan Schulz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute, Costică Ailincai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jan Schulz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costică Ailincai in the 20th minute of the match. In the 21st minute Costică Ailincai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Schulz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ were awarded a corner. Cezar Marinică went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Cezar Marinică to fire away a dangerous shot which Jan Schulz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Helmut Berrisch hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After 27 played minutes, ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Luca Onofrei shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jan Schulz came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ reached it. In the 30th match minute, FC Hollywood was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hannes Welser to maneuver through the defense. Jan Schulz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pompiliu Bărăian in the 33rd minute. In the 38th minute, Helmut Berrisch ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Grigore Săndoi was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Norman Jagusch during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 52 played minutes FC Hollywood got a freekick which was hit by Norman Jagusch. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Filip Jităreanu put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jan Schulz. 56 minutes into the game, Herbert Schröder was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Hollywood's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ the free kick. After a rather tough play, FC Hollywood's Herbert Schröder got a free kick in the 56th minute. The supporters of FC Hollywood booed when ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nichifor Vătăşel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Grigore Săndoi made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Herbert Schröder sent off a good shot on target. FC Hollywood's Jan Schulz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filip Jităreanu in the 71st minute of play. In the 72nd minute ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ were awarded a corner. Cezar Marinică went to the cornerflag to take it. Cezar Marinică made a great header on ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s corner, it was just that FC Hollywood's Jan Schulz managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience was convinced that Filip Jităreanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan Schulz was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. After 84 played minutes FC Hollywood got a freekick which was hit by Sebastian Luchtenberg. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Filip Jităreanu managed to get in a good position for a shot. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s supporters rose to their feet, but Filip Jităreanu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jan Schulz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 87 minutes into the match, Costică Ailincai notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of FC Hollywood's Jan Schulz. Jan Schulz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 92 minutes, Pompiliu Bărăian managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Pompiliu Bărăian was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of FC Hollywood for a fine match.