World League

Estadio El Coloso
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) 7 minutes into the game, Kacper Štilić was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rovine Craiova's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Stradivarius the free kick. In the 8th minute, Kacper Štilić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. El Stradivarius's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Angelo Goren in the 10th minute. It was a well-played corner which Eugenio Bermund managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Igor Jarmulowicz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dorin Arșanu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 19th minute of play. A collision led to El Stradivarius getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Di Sana hit a great ball. In the 28th minute of the game Kacper Štilić made a throw-in which Adam Vasiloiu played forward. Igor Jarmulowicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 30 minutes into the match, Rovine Craiova's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Jarmulowicz came free, but Dorin Arșanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, Rovine Craiova's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Jarmulowicz came free, but Dorin Arșanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Rovine Craiova's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Jarmulowicz came free, but Dorin Arșanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. El Stradivarius's Jedrzej Galus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jyrki Saarelainen in the 42nd minute of play. In the 44th minute, Jyrki Saarelainen made a precise shot to the right of Jedrzej Galus. El Stradivarius's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After the first half Rovine Craiova were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Manole Frunză made the kick off in the second half. If Anton Cezariu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Rovine Craiova booed when El Stradivarius was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Pello didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jedrzej Galus made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Jyrki Saarelainen sent off a good shot on target. Kacper Štilić kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. El Stradivarius were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after Rovine Craiova's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Angelo Goren took the corner. After taking down the ball on El Stradivarius's corner Eugenio Bermund fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dorin Arșanu quite easily take care of the ball. Jyrki Saarelainen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jedrzej Galus having to interfere. In the 72nd minute, Igor Jarmulowicz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dorin Arșanu was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Alexandru Tudorică kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Rovine Craiova's Kacper Štilić got a free kick in the 76th minute. Dorin Arșanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Jarmulowicz in the 79th minute of play. Igor Jarmulowicz was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. With a little luck, El Stradivarius's Jedrzej Galus got control of the ball when Alexandru Tudorică tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Rovine Craiova booed when El Stradivarius was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eugenio Saturnin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jedrzej Galus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Cezariu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dorin Arșanu came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by El Stradivarius's Igor Jarmulowicz. But to his dismay, Igor Jarmulowicz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Kacper Štilić hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. After 93 minutes, Igor Jarmulowicz made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Rovine Craiova's Dorin Arșanu tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The El Stradivarius support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.