U18 World League

Asdfgh Stadium
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Henry Säf made the kick off which started today's match. When Evert Helberg came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Asdfgh 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 Evert Helberg couldn't finish the play. When Eric Ciocâltea fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BVB 09's protests and gave Eric Ciocâltea a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to BVB 09 getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Eric Ciocâltea hit a great ball. Dragoş Ivasiuc took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jan-Erik Bengtsson. Jan-Erik Bengtsson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Eric Ciocâltea made in the 10th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Iacob Martinescu immediately put the ball in play. After 11 played minutes Asdfgh got a freekick which was hit by Eddie Stenman. After having played for 13 minutes, Sandu Bâru managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BVB 09's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sandu Bâru was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Iacob Martinescu hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Filip Mirciulescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henry Säf, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When BVB 09's Dragoş Ivasiuc in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Asdfgh's goalie prevented a goal. Henry Säf hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dragoş Ivasiuc in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jan-Erik Bengtsson saved Asdfgh from getting behind. In the 29th match minute, Asdfgh was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patrik Johnsson to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dragoş Ivasiuc in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jan-Erik Bengtsson saved Asdfgh from getting behind. Jan-Erik Bengtsson didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when BVB 09's Dragoş Ivasiuc shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. After 37 minutes, Patrik Johnsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Asdfgh and the BVB 09 players grew even worse after the yellow card. Patrik Johnsson kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Dragoş Ivasiuc struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Jan-Erik Bengtsson didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for BVB 09. In the 41stth minute of the game Sandu Bâru who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Asdfgh's Jan-Erik Bengtsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jan-Erik Bengtsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dragoş Ivasiuc's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dragoş Ivasiuc in the 47th minute of play forced Asdfgh's goalkeeper Jan-Erik Bengtsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dragoş Ivasiuc stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jan-Erik Bengtsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sandu Bâru in the 51st minute of the match. Jan-Erik Bengtsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dragoş Ivasiuc in the 54th minute of play. With a little luck, Asdfgh's Jan-Erik Bengtsson got control of the ball when Dragoş Ivasiuc tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henry Säf in the 59th minute of play forced BVB 09's goalkeeper Filip Mirciulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Filip Mirciulescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evert Helberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dragoş Ivasiuc fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jan-Erik Bengtsson having to interfere. In the 70th minute, Dragoş Ivasiuc ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jan-Erik Bengtsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. The crowd rose to their feet as BVB 09's Sandu Bâru slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jan-Erik Bengtsson. That made the score 0-4 after 77 minutes of play. In the 80th match minute, Asdfgh was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patrik Johnsson to maneuver through the defense. If Dragoş Ivasiuc had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jan-Erik Bengtsson was out of position in the 86 minute of play, and Valeriu Blaj capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Valeriu Blaj really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Dragoş Ivasiuc could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Jan-Erik Bengtsson made a huge save. Evert Helberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. BVB 09's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.