U18 World League

Anfield Road
Spectators: 8200 (Terracing: 6150, Seating: 1886, VIP seats: 164) Pihl United's Billy Göransson started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Adrian Dusett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marian Aliuta in the 2nd minute of the match. Adrian Dusett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marian Aliuta in the 5th minute of play. Adrian Mercea hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Adrian Dusett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petru Moldoveanu in the 10th minute of play. After some careless play in the Pihl United defense, Marian Aliuta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Adrian Dusett. The Pihl United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Adrian Dusett should have stopped the shot. 18 minutes into the match, Pihl United's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Stănculescu came free, but Adrian Dusett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felix Anton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Torsten Carlberg in the 20th minute of play. After 30 minutes of play, F.C.BARLAD's Petru Moldoveanu made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adrian Dusett was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pihl United's Adrian Dusett played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgar Arghir in the 35th minute of play. Pihl United's Adrian Dusett played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marian Aliuta in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petru Moldoveanu in the 37th minute of play forced Pihl United's goalkeeper Adrian Dusett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Stănculescu in the 39th minute of play forced Pihl United's goalkeeper Adrian Dusett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of F.C.BARLAD booed when Pihl United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hubert Johansson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Adrian Dusett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petru Moldoveanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half F.C.BARLAD were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Petru Moldoveanu to make the kick off. In the 52nd match minute, Pihl United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hubert Johansson to maneuver through the defense. Cosmin Florescu, 53 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Adrian Dusett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marian Aliuta in the 55th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Sven-Åke Persson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pihl United's supporters rose to their feet, but Sven-Åke Persson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Felix Anton breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 60th minute Marian Aliuta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adrian Dusett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Billy Göransson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Emanuel Stănculescu took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Adrian Dusett. Adrian Dusett dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Adrian Dusett was a little too slow when Petru Moldoveanu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 0-4. In the 85th match minute, F.C.BARLAD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrian Mercea to maneuver through the defense. Adrian Dusett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgar Arghir, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. F.C.BARLAD's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.