World League

El golero
Spectators: 7495 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) BlueLionesse's Cristinel Nicodim started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Casi Gol FC's Gustavo Rivero got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 3rd minute Octavian Isărescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Vulcan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 4thth minute of the game Cristinel Nicodim who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Casi Gol FC's Alex Vulcan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Alex Vulcan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Mailat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 6 minutes, Cristinel Nicodim made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Casi Gol FC's Alex Vulcan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 14th minute Emy Marioara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Vulcan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristinel Nicodim in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alex Vulcan saved Casi Gol FC from getting behind. In the 16th minute of the match BlueLionesse got a corner. Casi Gol FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Radu Pânzaru ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led BlueLionesse's Radu Pânzaru to fire away a dangerous shot which Alex Vulcan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After having played for 18 minutes, 姜强夕 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Casi Gol FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but 姜强夕 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ilie Crainic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florentino Eneas in the 19th minute of play. Casi Gol FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Anibal Asier in the 21st minute. Isak Sundberg tried in the 21st minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Ilie Crainic a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-1. After a rather tough play, Casi Gol FC's 姜强夕 got a free kick in the 25th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Casi Gol FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cristinel Nicodim came free, but Alex Vulcan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alex Vulcan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emy Marioara in the 28th minute of play. Octavian Isărescu took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alex Vulcan. Alex Vulcan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. A collision led to BlueLionesse getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Han Shi Chao hit a great ball. Alex Vulcan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristinel Nicodim in the 36th minute of the match. In the 37th minute, Octavian Isărescu made a precise shot to the right of Alex Vulcan. Casi Gol FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Domingos Baumer hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Alex Vulcan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristinel Nicodim in the 42nd minute of play. In the 46th minute, Octavian Isărescu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The BlueLionesse fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gustavo Rivero stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Sebastian Mailat 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. Alex Vulcan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emy Marioara in the 53rd minute of play. Alex Vulcan made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Cristinel Nicodim sent off a good shot on target. In a very dangerous position, a player in BlueLionesse fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 57th minute. Penalty! BlueLionesse:s Ilie Crainic showed great skill when he stopped Anibal Asier:s penalty. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Cristinel Nicodim put it in 1-5 from a short distance just to the right of Alex Vulcan. In the 66th minute, Cristinel Nicodim reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alex Vulcan. The goal made the score 1-6. BlueLionesse's Cristinel Nicodim was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 69th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Alex Vulcan made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Cristinel Nicodim sent off a good shot on target. 80 minutes into the match, Casi Gol FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cristinel Nicodim came free, but Alex Vulcan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristinel Nicodims short, quick shot in the 82ndth minute got Alex Vulcan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience was convinced that Cristinel Nicodim's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alex Vulcan was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Casi Gol FC's Alex Vulcan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emy Marioara in the 86th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Emy Marioara managed to get in a good position for a shot. BlueLionesse's supporters rose to their feet, but Emy Marioara was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alex Vulcan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Armando Gaur hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Ilie Crainic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guillermo Seguinus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Casi Gol FC's Alex Vulcan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Casi Gol FC from getting a goal against them. The BlueLionesse fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when BlueLionesse's Cristinel Nicodim looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-8 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 96 minutes into the game, Octavian Isărescu recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alex Vulcan. Octavian Isărescu showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-9.