U21 World League

Nenndorfer Sportpark
Spectators: 7749 (Terracing: 5813, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lou Harnack started the match with the kick off. Dudu Georgescu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 2nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Lou Harnack's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sergiu Cobâlcescu was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Lou Harnack had several of the Minerul Baita -MM-'s defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 8 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Sergiu Cobâlcescu as he didn't even see the shot coming. If Lou Harnack had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lou Harnack's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 24thth minute, Sergiu Cobâlcescu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Codruț Podgoreanu hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Lou Harnack did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Sergiu Cobâlcescu 27 minutes into the match. Minerul Baita -MM-'s Dudu Georgescu got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in VfL Bad Nenndorf's zone, Dudu Georgescu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Remo Borges came out of the goal and Dudu Georgescu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 45th minute, Dudu Georgescu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal.

The wind increased when Cédric Payen made the kick off in the second half. Dudu Georgescu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Remo Borges came out and tried to block the shot, but Dudu Georgescu slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 50th minute. In the 58thth minute of the game Lou Harnack who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Minerul Baita -MM-'s Sergiu Cobâlcescu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Minerul Baita -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Lou Harnack came free, but Sergiu Cobâlcescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Minerul Baita -MM-'s Mugur Hurmuzache was substituted for Dudu Georgescu. After 67 minutes Minerul Baita -MM-'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Peter Berosch who took care of the corner kick. At last the ball reached Dierk Christidis at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Minerul Baita -MM-. 4-1. Sergiu Cobâlcescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lou Harnack in the 71st minute of play. A collision led to Minerul Baita -MM- getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Mugur Hurmuzache hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Lou Harnack's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sergiu Cobâlcescu was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mugur Hurmuzache in the 78th minute of play forced VfL Bad Nenndorf's goalkeeper Remo Borges to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81stth minute of the game Cédric Payen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but VfL Bad Nenndorf's Remo Borges was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cédric Payen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Remo Borges having to interfere. Remo Borges made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Codruț Podgoreanu in the 90th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Codruț Podgoreanu got free with Remo Borges in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. VfL Bad Nenndorf's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.