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Thunders Field
Spectators: 9337 (Terracing: 7004, Seating: 2148, VIP seats: 185) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Julien-Nils Trede took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rodrigo Ferdinand could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Ovidiu Adrian made a huge save. Rodrigo Ferdinand received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ovidiu Adrian came out and tried to block the shot, but Rodrigo Ferdinand slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 3rd minute. The supporters of International Thunders booed when Poli Timisoara was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sascha Kulovitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Carlo Gerick's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ovidiu Adrian read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Loukianos Staikos dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ovidiu Adrian, 2-0. Nichifor Borăscu hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. 18 minutes into the match, Poli Timisoara's goal looked a bit too open when Nichifor Borăscu came free, but Ovidiu Adrian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, Poli Timisoara's goal looked a bit too open when Loukianos Staikos came free, but Ovidiu Adrian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. International Thunders's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Carlo Gerick in the 21st minute. Stefan Neubrandt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julien-Nils Trede, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 23rd minute, Julien-Nils Trede ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stefan Neubrandt was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Ovidiu Adrian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaan Aktürk in the 27th minute of the match. Ovidiu Adrian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Loukianos Staikos, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Tiger De Hond scored 2-2 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stefan Neubrandt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Stefan Neubrandt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julien-Nils Trede in the 35th minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 37 minutes into the game, when Adib Ovi put in a rough tackle. In the 36th minute, one of Poli Timisoara:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Poli Timisoara. Poli Timisoara:s Ovidiu Adrian showed great skill when he stopped Carlo Gerick:s penalty. Ovidiu Adrian took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Loukianos Staikos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ovidiu Adrian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaan Aktürk in the 43rd minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Loukianos Staikos was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute Kaan Aktürk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidiu Adrian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Poli Timisoara's Ovidiu Adrian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Loukianos Staikos in the 53rd minute of play. In the 54th minute Tiger De Hond shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefan Neubrandt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Poli Timisoara's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Çağdaş Yuvakuran in the 56th minute. Ovidiu Adrian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loukianos Staikos in the 57th minute of the match. Poli Timisoara's Ovidiu Adrian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Loukianos Staikos in the 58th minute of play. Loukianos Staikos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ovidiu Adrian having to interfere. Rodrigo Ferdinand kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Carlo Gerick charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Carlo Gerick the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Carlo Gerick hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute, Carlo Gerick hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tiger De Hond got free with Stefan Neubrandt in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Soon in the 76th minute of play forced Poli Timisoara's goalkeeper Ovidiu Adrian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Julien-Nils Trede's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stefan Neubrandt was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Ovidiu Adrian took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Soon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stefan Neubrandt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julien-Nils Trede, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Tiger De Hond fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stefan Neubrandt having to interfere. International Thunders's Rafael Schmitzberger was substituted for Lionel 柯景亦. The supporters of Poli Timisoara booed when International Thunders was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodrigo Ferdinand didn't get a good kick on the ball. Poli Timisoara's Ovidiu Adrian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaan Aktürk in the 87th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Mauro Primeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Poli Timisoara's supporters rose to their feet, but Mauro Primeiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stefan Neubrandt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ovidiu Adrian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaan Aktürk, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Ovidiu Adrian stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kaan Aktürk's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. 92 minutes into the match, Poli Timisoara's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Soon came free, but Ovidiu Adrian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 93rd minute Rodrigo Ferdinand shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidiu Adrian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th play minute Julien-Nils Trede came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Stefan Neubrandt. 2-3. Poli Timisoara's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.