World League

Beytofield
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) After 5 minutes, Gavril Bîndean mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ABK Black Warriors73 and the Telge77 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ABK Black Warriors73's Gavril Bîndean got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 6th minute, Jean-Baptiste Xavier Lloret fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 12 minutes into the match, Telge77's goal looked a bit too open when Edgar Manolescu came free, but Joakim Hökkvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to ABK Black Warriors73 getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Virgil Doinaș hit a great ball. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind ABK Black Warriors73's goalkeeper Waldir Gaúcho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaplan Damjanović in the 17th minute of play forced Telge77's goalkeeper Joakim Hökkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gao Xu Yong received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Waldir Gaúcho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ABK Black Warriors73's Waldir Gaúcho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gert Örtendahl in the 31st minute of play. Gao Xu Yong might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Waldir Gaúcho. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gao Xu Yong ran back to his position shaking his head. Waldir Gaúcho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jean-Baptiste Xavier Lloret in the 38th minute. Waldir Gaúcho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gert Örtendahl in the 39th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kaplan Damjanović to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, ABK Black Warriors73's Victor Rădescu got a free kick in the 52nd minute. ABK Black Warriors73's Waldir Gaúcho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Baptiste Xavier Lloret in the 53rd minute of play. Waldir Gaúcho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Baptiste Xavier Lloret, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Waldir Gaúcho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gert Örtendahl in the 59th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the game, Gert Örtendahl cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Waldir Gaúcho was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 75th minute, Gert Örtendahl ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Waldir Gaúcho was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. If Gert Örtendahl had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Kaplan Damjanović managed to get in a good position for a shot. ABK Black Warriors73's supporters rose to their feet, but Kaplan Damjanović was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Joakim Hökkvist breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Telge77 fans' excitement grew in the 86th match minute when Telge77's Jean-Baptiste Xavier Lloret 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 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When ABK Black Warriors73's Kaplan Damjanović in the 95th minute got a chance for a shot 95th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Telge77's goalie prevented a goal. There was no doubt that Telge77 were the better team. Telge77's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.