U21 World League

Hai sa fim High!
Spectators: 8444 (Terracing: 6334, Seating: 1942, VIP seats: 168) Kong Gang Feng started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Florin Zăhărescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kong Gang Feng in the 9th minute of the match. Florin Zăhărescu came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by West Staines Massive's Wei Hong Ning. But to his dismay, Wei Hong Ning quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The audience was convinced that Wei Hong Ning's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Florin Zăhărescu was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Wei Hong Ning put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Florin Zăhărescu. With a little luck, West Staines Massive's Kay Becker got control of the ball when Virgil Crăiță tried to sneak it across the goal line. With an all-out effort, FC MeHigh's Kay Becker threw himself towards the right post 36 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Dan Braru, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tilmann Bünder in the 40th minute of play forced FC MeHigh's goalkeeper Florin Zăhărescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Florin Zăhărescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kong Gang Feng in the 43rd minute of the match. In the 45th minute Wei Hong Ning shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florin Zăhărescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half West Staines Massive were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Roland Warka to make the kick off. Florin Zăhărescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Lagerberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 50th minute. In the 51st minute of the match West Staines Massive got a corner. FC MeHigh's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tilmann Bünder ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on West Staines Massive's corner Tilmann Bünder fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Florin Zăhărescu quite easily take care of the ball. 53 minutes into the match, Nabucodonosor von der Schulenburg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kay Becker. West Staines Massive's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nabucodonosor von der Schulenburg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. In the 57th minute, Wei Hong Ning ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Florin Zăhărescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Cristian Vlaicu kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Florin Zăhărescu made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Kong Gang Feng sent off a good shot on target. FC MeHigh's Florin Zăhărescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wei Hong Ning in the 63rd minute of play. Kong Gang Feng who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 65thth minute tested the skills of Florin Zăhărescu when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With his leg Florin Zăhărescu managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when West Staines Massive's Kong Gang Feng fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, FC MeHigh's Virgil Crăiță got a free kick in the 67th minute. FC MeHigh made a substitution. Dragoş Caba replaced Cristian Vlaicu. 75 minutes into the match, West Staines Massive's Wei Hong Ning sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Florin Zăhărescu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Kong Gang Feng who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 77thth minute tested the skills of Florin Zăhărescu when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Wei Hong Ning's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Florin Zăhărescu was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. 83 minutes into the game, Wei Hong Ning was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. West Staines Massive's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC MeHigh the free kick. In the 83rd minute, Wei Hong Ning hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 85 minutes into the game, FC MeHigh's Roland Warka nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kay Becker made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kong Gang Feng got free with Florin Zăhărescu in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. West Staines Massive's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.