World League

Hall of Valhalla
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cătălin Cosâmbescu took the kick off in the first half of the match. José Paulo Romero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Calistrat Şerbănescu in the 3rd minute of play. Luiz Soeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dacian Ghițescu having to interfere. PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Dacian Ghițescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agnaldo Araújo in the 10th minute of play. 10 minutes into the game, ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s Agnaldo Araújo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dacian Ghițescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. The supporters of ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ booed when PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Calistrat Şerbănescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 15th minute, Luiz Soeiro made a precise shot to the right of Dacian Ghițescu. PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. 18 minutes into the match, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's goal looked a bit too open when Agnaldo Araújo came free, but Dacian Ghițescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dacian Ghițescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Manuel Negri went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. João Pedro Nogueira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Dacian Ghițescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dacian Ghițescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Soeiro in the 29th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the game, Manuel Negri cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Dacian Ghițescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 36 minutes into the match, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Soeiro came free, but Dacian Ghițescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manuel Negri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dacian Ghițescu having to interfere. After 44 minutes of play, ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s Elano Rezende made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dacian Ghițescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Luiz Soeiro came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Luiz Soeiro couldn't finish the play. ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s Baltazar Schmidt was substituted for Antônio Carlos da Fonseca. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-6 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marcelinho Costa made a kick off. Marcelinho Costa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Marcelinho Costa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Dacian Ghițescu made a huge save. Cătălin Cosâmbescu charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cătălin Cosâmbescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 64th match minute, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cătălin Cosâmbescu to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice moves Marcelinho Costa could shoot a difficult shot in the 65th minute, which Dacian Ghițescu however easily saved by the left post. After 66 played minutes PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca got a freekick which was hit by Cristinel Uncheşelu. Marcelinho Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dacian Ghițescu didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s Marcelinho Costa shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-9 in the ordered_time% minute. With 86 minutes on the clock, Lucian Şimonca commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The supporters of ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ booed when PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucian Şimonca didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Dacian Ghițescu got control of the ball when Marcelinho Costa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dacian Ghițescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Váldson Urbano in the 90th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Marcelinho Costa kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dacian Ghițescu. That made the score 0-10 in the 92 minute of play. The supporters of ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ booed when PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 98 match minutes in a wonderful position. Virgil Jupân didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Marcelinho Costa came up free with the goalie in the 100th minute, the ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Marcelinho Costa couldn't finish the play. The PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ were clearly better and deserved to take the win.