U23 World League

Phoenix Field
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Pavel Haaland started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ionuț Romeo in the 3rd minute of play forced Recolta Alamor's goalkeeper Grigore Proca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Johnny Visch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dominic Connelly, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th minute Horaţiu Dinulescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grigore Proca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grigore Proca didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Horaţiu Dinulescu went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Johnny Visch didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rex Ellis went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Pavel Haaland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Grigore Proca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th minute Dominic Connelly shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johnny Visch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Recolta Alamor's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dominic Connelly in the 35th minute. After a rather tough play, Recolta Alamor's Dominic Connelly got a free kick in the 36th minute. After 40 minutes of play, Recolta Alamor's Rex Ellis made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Johnny Visch was left in no man's land by his defense there! 43 minutes into the game, Recolta Alamor's Rex Ellis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Johnny Visch made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Johnny Visch came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by Recolta Alamor's Norman Donnelly. But to his dismay, Norman Donnelly quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Norman Donnelly made the kick off in the second half. Norman Donnelly came free with the goalkeeper in the 53rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Johnny Visch could save by the left post. Johnny Visch made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rex Ellis in the 54th minute. After 62 minutes, Ion Africano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Phoenix Strikers and the Recolta Alamor players grew even worse after the yellow card. Norman Donnelly recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dominic Connelly could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Johnny Visch made a huge save. Dominic Connelly succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-5 in the 69th playminute. In the 74th minute Dominic Connelly shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johnny Visch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute, Phil Riggs reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Johnny Visch. The goal made the score 1-8. 87 minutes into the match, Phoenix Strikers's goal looked a bit too open when Rex Ellis came free, but Johnny Visch reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 92 minutes of play, Recolta Alamor's Norman Donnelly made it 1-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Johnny Visch was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Phoenix Strikers's goalkeeper Johnny Visch, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rex Ellis succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-10 in the 96th playminute. When the final whistle sounded Recolta Alamor left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Phoenix Strikers.