World League

Linghed Arena
Spectators: 7486 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fu Ling made the kick off which started today's match. Walter Zenga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fu Ling in the 2nd minute of the match. In the 5th match minute, Scorpions -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dorinel Munteanu to maneuver through the defense. In the 6th minute Fu Ling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Walter Zenga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Martin Ødegaard kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. When Tony Dobos fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Scorpions -MM-'s protests and gave Tony Dobos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 10th minute, Tony Dobos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fu Ling in the 16th minute of play forced Scorpions -MM-'s goalkeeper Walter Zenga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Scorpions -MM-'s Walter Zenga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ove Hellström in the 18th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Scorpions -MM-'s Augustin Vergulescu got a free kick in the 20th minute. Walter Zenga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fu Ling, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes into the match, Fu Ling notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Scorpions -MM-'s Walter Zenga. Walter Zenga was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Dan Tinu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Seaman was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Walter Zenga made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ove Hellström in the 40th minute. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Scorpions -MM-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Victor Malmberg was slow to take the kick. During this time Linghed Angels FC's players had a chance to rest. Linghed Angels FC's Ove Hellström was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Walter Zenga in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Scorpions -MM- getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Cornel Giuverdea hit a great ball. 46 minutes into the match, Linghed Angels FC's Victor Malmberg broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Augustin Vergulescu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dan Tinu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Scorpions -MM-'s Octav Vătăşel got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 56th minute Ove Hellström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Walter Zenga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the game, Fu Ling cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Walter Zenga was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jörgen Magnusson in the 64th minute of play forced Scorpions -MM-'s goalkeeper Walter Zenga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jörgen Magnusson in the 64th minute of play forced Scorpions -MM-'s goalkeeper Walter Zenga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Walter Zenga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fu Ling, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Walter Zenga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ove Hellström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 69 minutes, Alex Vrânceanu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Scorpions -MM- and the Linghed Angels FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 70 played minutes Scorpions -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Alex Vrânceanu. Walter Zenga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fu Ling in the 72nd minute of the match. Walter Zenga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ove Hellström, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After some careless play in the Scorpions -MM- defense, Fu Ling kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Walter Zenga. The Scorpions -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Walter Zenga should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Scorpions -MM-'s Fabian Mihuț got a free kick in the 81st minute. Fu Ling's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Walter Zenga read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. Walter Zenga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ove Hellström in the 84th minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Jörgen Magnusson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Walter Zenga. Scorpions -MM-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jörgen Magnusson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. In the 90th match minute, Scorpions -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Augustin Vergulescu to maneuver through the defense. Scorpions -MM-'s Walter Zenga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fu Ling in the 92nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Ødegaard in the 93rd minute of play forced Scorpions -MM-'s goalkeeper Walter Zenga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Scorpions -MM-'s Dan Tinu got a free kick in the 94th minute. There was no doubt that Linghed Angels FC were the better team. Linghed Angels FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.