World League

Rams Park
Spectators: 8092 (Terracing: 6070, Seating: 1861, VIP seats: 161) Mihnea Plăcintă made an important save on a dangerous shot by Niels Vandamme in the 13th minute. Mihnea Plăcintă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pieter Coekelberghs, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 17th minute, Damian Budianu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mihnea Plăcintă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pieter Coekelberghs, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Mihnea Plăcintă took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pan Jian Yong, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute Luisinho Uribe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Steve De Wilde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mihnea Plăcintă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pan Jian Yong in the 27th minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Los Ángeles de Charlie 2's goal looked a bit too open when Niels Vandamme came free, but Mihnea Plăcintă reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Damian Budianu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 38 minutes into the game, Pan Jian Yong recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mihnea Plăcintă. Pan Jian Yong showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. With his leg Mihnea Plăcintă managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when Lions United's Pieter Coekelberghs fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pan Jian Yong to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisinho Uribe in the 51st minute of play forced Lions United's goalkeeper Steve De Wilde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pieter Coekelberghs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pieter Coekelberghs might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mihnea Plăcintă. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pieter Coekelberghs ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to Los Ángeles de Charlie 2 getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Staffan Ekegren hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pieter Coekelberghs in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mihnea Plăcintă prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Matt Laremans's late challenge caught a Los Ángeles de Charlie 2's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matt Laremans helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Lions United getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Matt Laremans hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Los Ángeles de Charlie 2's Ciriaco Selmo got a free kick in the 61st minute. Mihnea Plăcintă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pieter Coekelberghs, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niels Vandamme in the 64th minute of play forced Los Ángeles de Charlie 2's goalkeeper Mihnea Plăcintă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mihnea Plăcintă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pan Jian Yong, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. After 71 played minutes Lions United got a freekick which was hit by Matt Laremans. Los Ángeles de Charlie 2's Truylos Gonzalez was substituted for Damian Budianu. In the 73rd minute, Matt Laremans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Steve De Wilde made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Quintin Gomar sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pan Jian Yong in the 75th minute of play forced Los Ángeles de Charlie 2's goalkeeper Mihnea Plăcintă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Quintin Gomar blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Steve De Wilde having to make a save. 79 minutes into the match, Lions United's goal looked a bit too open when Quintin Gomar came free, but Steve De Wilde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mihnea Plăcintă took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pan Jian Yong, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Quintin Gomar got free with Steve De Wilde in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 91st minute, Matt Laremans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Lions United's Matt Laremans got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 95th minute Niels Vandamme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mihnea Plăcintă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 96th minute, Pieter Coekelberghs left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lions United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Lions United walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.