U18 World League

Wolves Arena
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Valer Barbăroșie started the match with the kick off. A collision led to FC Hans getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Karl-Johan Bagge hit a great ball. An unexpected shot in the 9th minute by Nicu Enceanu got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. When Valer Barbăroșie got free in front of the goal in the 9th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Kurt Mager was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Ionică Alb made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Melker Almkvist in the 18th minute of play. Kurt Mager showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valer Barbăroșie in the 24th minute of the match. After 26 minutes of play, Carpathian Wolves's Nicu Enceanu made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kurt Mager was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Carpathian Wolves getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Doru Ghiondea hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Wictor Termander's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ionică Alb was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. FC Hans's Kurt Mager played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrei Encuțescu in the 42nd minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eric Hermansson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play, Carpathian Wolves's Andrei Encuțescu made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kurt Mager was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Nicu Enceanu came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Carpathian Wolves fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nicu Enceanu couldn't finish the play. In the 61st minute, Birger Josefsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, FC Hans's Jack Caspersson got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Kurt Mager showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicu Enceanu in the 64th minute of the match. If Melker Almkvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 70th minute, Andrei Encuțescu made a precise shot to the right of Kurt Mager. FC Hans's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. The audience was convinced that Nicu Enceanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kurt Mager was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. In the 80th minute Valer Barbăroșie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kurt Mager saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mark Magnusson's late challenge caught a Carpathian Wolves's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mark Magnusson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 84th minute, Mark Magnusson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the FC Hans defense, Andrei Encuțescu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kurt Mager. The FC Hans fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kurt Mager should have stopped the shot. Valer Barbăroșie sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Birger Josefsson kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. When FC Hans's Melker Almkvist in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Carpathian Wolves's goalie prevented a goal. Carpathian Wolves were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of FC Hans for a fine match.