World League

Cluj Arena
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Nichifor Hurezan started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Zhuang Wen Bang stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Afanasiy Shefner's shot from short distance in the 2nd minute. In the 4th minute, Afanasiy Shefner got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Anton Kirilchenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 8 minutes into the match, Wolves Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Daniil Fomin came free, but Zhuang Wen Bang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 17 minutes into the match, Daniil Fomin notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Wolves Academy's Zhuang Wen Bang. Zhuang Wen Bang was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Zhuang Wen Bang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Kirilchenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. After 21 minutes of play, Arsenal F.C.'s Afanasiy Shefner made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zhuang Wen Bang was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 24th minute, Gică Busuioc got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Afanasiy Shefner's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zhuang Wen Bang was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Emanuel Voiculescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Leonardo Da Vinci made a huge save. Zhuang Wen Bang didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Arsenal F.C.'s Afanasiy Shefner shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-5 in the ordered_time% minute. When Arsenal F.C.'s Afanasiy Shefner in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Wolves Academy's goalie prevented a goal. Arsenal F.C. were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after Wolves Academy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Semen Afonchenko took the corner. The corner led Arsenal F.C.'s Semen Afonchenko to fire away a dangerous shot which Zhuang Wen Bang despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 37 minutes into the game, Arsenal F.C.'s Afanasiy Shefner nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zhuang Wen Bang made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Daniil Fomin scored 0-7 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zhuang Wen Bang, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gică Busuioc might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zhuang Wen Bang. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gică Busuioc ran back to his position shaking his head. If Mikhail Shafranov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 47th minute, Afanasiy Shefner left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arsenal F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-8.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Afanasiy Shefner to make the kick off. Zhuang Wen Bang made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Anton Kirilchenko sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Wolves Academy's Costel Mutu got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the 59th minute Emanuel Voiculescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonardo Da Vinci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Afanasiy Shefner blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zhuang Wen Bang having to make a save. If Anton Kirilchenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anton Kirilchenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Zhuang Wen Bang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 67 minutes into the game, Gică Busuioc cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-9. Zhuang Wen Bang was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zhuang Wen Bang was out of position in the 70 minute of play, and Daniil Fomin capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Daniil Fomin really showed his touch with that goal: 0-10. Zhuang Wen Bang was out of position in the 75 minute of play, and Afanasiy Shefner capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Afanasiy Shefner really showed his touch with that goal: 0-11. Gică Busuioc received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Zhuang Wen Bang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Arsenal F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 79th match minute when Arsenal F.C.'s Afanasiy Shefner looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-12 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Afanasiy Shefner fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zhuang Wen Bang having to interfere. Zhuang Wen Bang stood somewhat misplaced when Afanasiy Shefner came free in front of goal and shot 0-14 to the left of him in the 88 minute. When Afanasiy Shefner came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Arsenal F.C. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Afanasiy Shefner couldn't finish the play. Zhuang Wen Bang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Kirilchenko in the 96th minute of the match.