U18 World League

MORRISON PARK
Spectators: 7988 (Terracing: 5992, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ragnar Johnsson started the match with the kick off. The Di Röe fans' excitement grew in the 4th match minute when Di Röe's Ragnar Johnsson 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 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After 7 minutes, Albin Emander mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Di Röe and the THE CRYSTAL SHIP players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Di Röe's Albin Emander got a free kick in the 7th minute. Jens-Ove Åkesson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Remus Agudaru in the 9th minute. The audience was convinced that Jens-Ove Ekberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gavril Turceanu was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. After 12 played minutes Di Röe got a freekick which was hit by Ragnar Johnsson. Jens-Ove Ekberg took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gavril Turceanu. Gavril Turceanu 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. Gavril Turceanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jens-Ove Ekberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Marc Eklund charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marc Eklund the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 27th match minute, Di Röe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marc Eklund to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes into the match, Di Röe's goalkeeper Jens-Ove Åkesson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Remus Agudaru. THE CRYSTAL SHIP's Gavril Turceanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jens-Ove Ekberg in the 30th minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, THE CRYSTAL SHIP's goal looked a bit too open when Ragnar Johnsson came free, but Gavril Turceanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Olov Kihlman charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Olov Kihlman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Grigore Bota charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Grigore Bota the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to THE CRYSTAL SHIP getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Grigore Bota hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edgar Josan to make the kick off. A collision led to THE CRYSTAL SHIP getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Dumitru Belu hit a great ball. Gavril Turceanu acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 53rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Karl-Åke Almqvist. After recieving a nice pass, THE CRYSTAL SHIP's Toader Babeș tried to score from far away in the 57th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Jens-Ove Åkesson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edgar Josan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 70th match minute, Di Röe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ragnar Johnsson to maneuver through the defense. Remus Agudaru scored 1-2 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jens-Ove Åkesson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 77 played minutes Ragnar Johnsson could catch the ball where he stood relatively free a bit outside the goal and without hesitation he completed 1-3 into the left cross. Marc Eklund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. THE CRYSTAL SHIP's Gavril Turceanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ragnar Johnsson in the 82nd minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 85th minute by Marc Eklund got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Ilie Giosu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Jens-Ove Åkesson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Marc Eklund took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for Gavril Turceanu to make any attempt to save it. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Di Röe eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.