U21 World League

ARENA
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Iulian Chiliman started the match with the kick off. In the 9th minute, MK Investments's Jacco van Dartel dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Jim Rensenbrink received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Francisc Trăilă tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 18 minutes into the game, Dennis Wegman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Francisc Trăilă was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 22nd minute, MK Investments's Jacco van Dartel ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Francisc Trăilă. Francisc Trăilă yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-0. After 25 played minutes MK Investments got a freekick which was hit by Jacco van Dartel. Francisc Trăilă didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vince Seaward went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Romanian Gods™'s Francisc Trăilă proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Romanian Gods™ from getting a goal against them. Francisc Trăilă showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacco van Dartel in the 36th minute of the match. Bogdan Pricop charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bogdan Pricop the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 41st minute, Bogdan Pricop hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 42 played minutes, MK Investments's Ferdinant Davids shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Francisc Trăilă came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in MK Investments reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pascal Bults in the 44th minute of play forced Romanian Gods™'s goalkeeper Francisc Trăilă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 48 minutes into the match, Romanian Gods™'s goalkeeper Francisc Trăilă had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Evert de Jaeger. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jacco van Dartel was the one to do the kick off. Francisc Trăilă stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pascal Bults's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. Francisc Trăilă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacco van Dartel, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. 66 minutes into the game, MK Investments's Pascal Bults nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Francisc Trăilă made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Jacco van Dartel's late challenge caught a Romanian Gods™'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jacco van Dartel helped the player get up and apologised. Marin Lepuș's late challenge caught a MK Investments's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marin Lepuș helped the player get up and apologised. In the 71st minute, Marin Lepuș hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Romanian Gods™ booed when MK Investments was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evert de Jaeger didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 74th minute, Doru Zbârciog hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute, Dennis Wegman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MK Investments fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Francisc Trăilă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jim Rensenbrink in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pascal Bults in the 83rd minute of play forced Romanian Gods™'s goalkeeper Francisc Trăilă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 89 minutes into the match, Dennis Wegman notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Romanian Gods™'s Francisc Trăilă. Francisc Trăilă was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacco van Dartel in the 93rd minute of play forced Romanian Gods™'s goalkeeper Francisc Trăilă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.