World League

Ilba Sports Center
Spectators: 7742 (Terracing: 5808, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Victor Stan made the kick off which started today's match. Horea Botgros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maciej Jaworski, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Lekko Spoceni's Mikolaj Szotek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Domenec Torrent in the 5th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Peng Xi Bin managed to get in a good position for a shot. MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s supporters rose to their feet, but Peng Xi Bin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mikolaj Szotek breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet as MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s Domenec Torrent slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mikolaj Szotek. That made the score 1-0 after 16 minutes of play. Mikolaj Szotek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domenec Torrent in the 20th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, Domenec Torrent dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mikolaj Szotek, 2-0. Horea Botgros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Desiderio Ibañez in the 25th minute of the match. In the 26th minute Lekko Spoceni were awarded a corner. Desiderio Ibañez went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maciej Jaworski in the 29th minute of play forced MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s goalkeeper Horea Botgros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute Desiderio Ibañez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horea Botgros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mikolaj Szotek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peng Xi Bin in the 39th minute of play. Lekko Spoceni's Wojciech Malicki quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Cacá Pirani, made in the 43rd minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Domenec Torrent got free with Mikolaj Szotek in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mikolaj Szotek didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dacian Munteanu went, in the 49th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maciej Jaworski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Maciej Jaworski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horea Botgros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mikolaj Szotek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Domenec Torrent, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mikolaj Szotek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peng Xi Bin in the 63rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domenec Torrent in the 68th minute of play forced Lekko Spoceni's goalkeeper Mikolaj Szotek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute Domenec Torrent shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikolaj Szotek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Desiderio Ibañez got free with Horea Botgros in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Victor Stan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mikolaj Szotek was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. Mikolaj Szotek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peng Xi Bin in the 80th minute of the match. Lekko Spoceni's Maciej Jaworski got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Horea Botgros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marc-André Van Bastén, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 87th match minute, Lekko Spoceni was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shaun Allison to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marc-André Van Bastén in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Horea Botgros saved MXM Squad NS ★DAC★ from getting behind. Horea Botgros was out of position in the 93 minute of play, and Marc-André Van Bastén capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Marc-André Van Bastén really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. After a rather tough play, Lekko Spoceni's Shaun Allison got a free kick in the 97th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. MXM Squad NS ★DAC★ fully deserved thier win.