World League

Ibarsusi Stadium
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Charro Revuelta got the match started through his kick off. Carpathian Wolves's Olimpiu Hârlău played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charro Revuelta in the 4th minute of play. In the 9th minute, Yu Feng Xi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Carpathian Wolves fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 11th match minute, Spartak de Txurdi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juanito Arribas to maneuver through the defense. In the 15th minute Timo Thorstein shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eulalio Majua saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Avram Panaiteanu took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eulalio Majua. Eulalio Majua dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Eulalio Majua showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yu Feng Xi, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Edijs Blamiņš hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. In the 23rd minute of the match Mugur Timofte sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eulalio Majua skillfully saved the ball. In the 27th minute, Yu Feng Xi made a precise shot to the right of Eulalio Majua. Spartak de Txurdi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 31st minute, Yu Feng Xi made a precise shot to the right of Eulalio Majua. Spartak de Txurdi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Pang Chuan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Olimpiu Hârlău made a huge save. Eulalio Majua took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yu Feng Xi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 39 played minutes Spartak de Txurdi got a freekick which was hit by Doğan Ferikoğlu. After 41 minutes of play, Carpathian Wolves's Benny Beckenbauer made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eulalio Majua was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Yu Feng Xi in the 46th minute of play forced Spartak de Txurdi's goalkeeper Eulalio Majua to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 48 minutes, the score became 0-6 when Yu Feng Xi sped through Spartak de Txurdi's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Eulalio Majua. The Spartak de Txurdi players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Carpathian Wolves were winning 0-6.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Avram Panaiteanu was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd match minute, Spartak de Txurdi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Doğan Ferikoğlu to maneuver through the defense. Eulalio Majua made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Avram Panaiteanu in the 56th minute of play. Eulalio Majua didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Benny Beckenbauer went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. With 62 minutes on the clock, Edijs Blamiņš commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Spartak de Txurdi fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 61st minute. Penalty! Eulalio Majua had in the 63rdth minute some difficulties stopping Mugur Timofte's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Timo Thorstein could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Eulalio Majua made a huge save. Eulalio Majua made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Yu Feng Xi sent off a good shot on target. In the 76th minute, Timo Thorstein reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Eulalio Majua. The goal made the score 0-9. 81 minutes into the match, Spartak de Txurdi's goal looked a bit too open when Timo Thorstein came free, but Eulalio Majua reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Charro Revuelta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olimpiu Hârlău having to interfere. In the 85th minute, Charro Revuelta 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Avram Panaiteanu in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eulalio Majua saved Spartak de Txurdi from getting behind. Olimpiu Hârlău made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charro Revuelta in the 87th minute of play. Jan Melker made a great header on Spartak de Txurdi's corner, it was just that Carpathian Wolves's Olimpiu Hârlău managed to reach the ball for a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Charro Revuelta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Spartak de Txurdi's supporters rose to their feet, but Charro Revuelta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Olimpiu Hârlău breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charro Revuelta in the 93rd minute of play forced Carpathian Wolves's goalkeeper Olimpiu Hârlău to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th match minute, Spartak de Txurdi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Charro Revuelta to maneuver through the defense. Eulalio Majua was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Mugur Timofte. Olimpiu Hârlău made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charro Revuelta in the 99th minute of play. The Spartak de Txurdi fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Carpathian Wolves were clearly better and deserved to take the win.