World League

Gone With the Win
Spectators: 8036 (Terracing: 6028, Seating: 1848, VIP seats: 160) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. İrfan Attar started the match with the kick off. Sandu Vlaicu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alan Everett in the 3rd minute of play. 7 minutes into the game, İrfan Attar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Dráuzio Mattos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. İrfan Attar took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dráuzio Mattos. Dráuzio Mattos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in FC Urzicuța's zone, Vlastimir Jovanović stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sandu Vlaicu came out of the goal and Vlastimir Jovanović tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sandu Vlaicu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hannes Kuusk went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 27th minute of the game, Vlastimir Jovanović landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. When Kulabhusana Karabashlykov fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Urzicuța's protests and gave Kulabhusana Karabashlykov a yellow card for diving instead. After 28 played minutes FC Urzicuța got a freekick which was hit by Kulabhusana Karabashlykov. Sandu Vlaicu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hannes Kuusk in the 29th minute of play. FC Urzicuța's Sandu Vlaicu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stew Sykes in the 31st minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Aurel Beldeanu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dráuzio Mattos. Gone With the Win's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aurel Beldeanu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Sandu Vlaicu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hannes Kuusk, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 40th minute, İrfan Attar made a precise shot to the right of Dráuzio Mattos. Gone With the Win's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 苞 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when İrfan Attar got free with Dráuzio Mattos in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 69th minute 苞 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sandu Vlaicu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Magno Mangueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute, Apolo Mingo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dráuzio Mattos made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Aurel Beldeanu sent off a good shot on target. Dráuzio Mattos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kulabhusana Karabashlykov in the 81st minute. 85 minutes into the match, Gone With the Win's goal looked a bit too open when İrfan Attar came free, but Dráuzio Mattos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Gone With the Win's Magno Mangueira got a free kick in the 87th minute. İrfan Attar might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dráuzio Mattos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. İrfan Attar ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by İrfan Attar in the 88th minute of play forced Gone With the Win's goalkeeper Dráuzio Mattos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 89 played minutes FC Urzicuța got a freekick which was hit by Gabriel Ursino. A collision led to FC Urzicuța getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Gabriel Ursino hit a great ball. Dráuzio Mattos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from İrfan Attar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FC Urzicuța walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.