U18 World League

Björkö Stadion
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Felix Stolniciu kicked off to start the match. Björkö BK's Allan Pihl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Novac in the 4th minute of play. In the 6th minute Paul Rainea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Allan Pihl saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If André Lägdin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Stolniciu in the 10th minute of play forced Björkö BK's goalkeeper Allan Pihl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Allan Pihl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernest Brănescu in the 20th minute of play. Allan Pihl came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Sporting Royal's Paul Rainea. But to his dismay, Paul Rainea quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Björkö BK's Allan Pihl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Novac in the 28th minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, Felix Stolniciu notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Björkö BK's Allan Pihl. Allan Pihl was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 33 minutes into the game, Costin Băcioiu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sporting Royal's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Björkö BK the free kick. In the 33rd match minute, Sporting Royal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Costin Băcioiu to maneuver through the defense. After 38 played minutes Sporting Royal got a freekick which was hit by Virgil Ghiondea. 41 minutes into the game, Iosif Prezan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sporting Royal's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Björkö BK the free kick. Iosif Prezan hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Panait Emilianu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Torsten Biörnberg in the 42nd minute. Allan Pihl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Stolniciu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Björkö BK's Allan Pihl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernest Brănescu in the 45th minute of play. Allan Pihl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Novac in the 45th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jakob Lindholm to make the kick off. Ivan Gadd hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. A hard shot by Adam Novac from long distance, 53 minutes into the match, got Allan Pihl's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Sporting Royal made a substitution. Pavel Râznicu replaced Mihăiţă Beniuc. Björkö BK's Ulf Larsson managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ferdinand Magheru in the 57 minute of the game. Virgil Ghiondea kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Panait Emilianu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Torsten Biörnberg in the 59th minute of play. Allan Pihl showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paul Rainea, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After 64 minutes of play, Björkö BK's Jakob Lindholm made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Panait Emilianu was left in no man's land by his defense there! 75 minutes into the match, Sporting Royal's goal looked a bit too open when Jakob Lindholm came free, but Panait Emilianu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sporting Royal's Costin Tănăsocă was substituted for Claudiu Geolgău. After a rather tough play, Sporting Royal's Pavel Râznicu got a free kick in the 84th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jakob Lindholm in the 86th minute of play forced Sporting Royal's goalkeeper Panait Emilianu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jakob Lindholm kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. When the match was over Sporting Royal could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Björkö BK throughout the match.