World League

C13 Park
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ionel Frățilă got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg in the 5th minute of play forced Club13's goalkeeper Horea Copil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. GrassNuts FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg in the 6th minute. The corner led GrassNuts FC's Brian Lindberg to fire away a dangerous shot which Horea Copil despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 13 minutes, Kent Stenman made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Club13's Horea Copil tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 16 minutes into the match, Bernt Finnman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Horea Copil. Club13's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernt Finnman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. In the 19thth minute of the game Bernt Finnman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Club13's Horea Copil was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 24th match minute, Club13 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentin Bogrea to maneuver through the defense. Horea Copil came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by GrassNuts FC's Kent Stenman. But to his dismay, Kent Stenman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Nicu Marghescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club13's supporters rose to their feet, but Nicu Marghescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Su Peng Jian breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kent Stenman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg scored 0-5 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Horea Copil, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kent Stenman struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Horea Copil didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for GrassNuts FC. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jouni Markkula didn't quite understand what happened when in the 48 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Vitaliy van der Aa made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute of the match, Vitaliy van der Aa tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Horea Copil saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 54th minute, Marian Rogozanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute, Vitaliy van der Aa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 60th match minute, Club13 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Avram Geolgău to maneuver through the defense. GrassNuts FC's Su Peng Jian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Basarab Tapalagă in the 63rd minute of play. Horea Copil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Horea Copil didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vitaliy van der Aa went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Jouni Markkula fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horea Copil having to interfere. Nicu Golumbean hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Club13's Horea Copil got control of the ball when Vitaliy van der Aa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Horea Copil came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by GrassNuts FC's Pierre-Emile Højbjerg. But to his dismay, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. With a little luck, Club13's Horea Copil got control of the ball when Kent Stenman tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-8 to the left of a surprised Horea Copil 91 minutes into the match. 95 minutes into the match, Cosimo Staniscia notched a goal, 0-9, to the right of Club13's Horea Copil. Horea Copil was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match was over GrassNuts FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Club13 throughout the match.