U18 World League

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Spectators: 9165 (Terracing: 6875, Seating: 2108, VIP seats: 182) Wiktor Wallander made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Sebastian Purje sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Sebastian Purje's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wiktor Wallander was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Horaţiu Nițoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertil Åström in the 6th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Zero Hedge were awarded a corner. Bo-Erik Billberg went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Bo-Erik Billberg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Horaţiu Nițoi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 8 played minutes -BZF- Barca de Buzau got a freekick which was hit by Liviu Răuţă. Bertil Åström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Horaţiu Nițoi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Åke Jansson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in -BZF- Barca de Buzau's zone, Åke Jansson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Horaţiu Nițoi came out of the goal and Åke Jansson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 23 minutes into the game, Zero Hedge's Åke Jansson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Horaţiu Nițoi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 28th minute, Bertil Åström ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Horaţiu Nițoi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The audience was convinced that Åke Jansson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Horaţiu Nițoi was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. 34 minutes into the match, -BZF- Barca de Buzau's goal looked a bit too open when Åke Jansson came free, but Horaţiu Nițoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hans Nordström kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Liviu Răuţă scored 1-2 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wiktor Wallander, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Liviu Răuţă made a kick off. Wiktor Wallander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liviu Răuţă, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. A collision led to Zero Hedge getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Bertil Åström hit a great ball. 62 minutes into the game, Liviu Răuţă cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Wiktor Wallander was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Horaţiu Nițoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Åke Jansson in the 70th minute of the match. In the 72nd minute Åke Jansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horaţiu Nițoi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zero Hedge's Gabriel Odeen was substituted for Åke Jansson. Zero Hedge made a substitution. Melker Törnblom replaced Hans Nordström. Valeriu Băcioiu made in the 83rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Codruț Ichimescu however managed to control. Horaţiu Nițoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Odeen in the 86th minute of the match. Bo-Erik Billberg fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 90th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. Gabriel Odeen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Horaţiu Nițoi made a huge save. Melker Törnblom hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match.