U18 World League

Stiubei
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Mattias Markusson started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, CF REALCipri's goal looked a bit too open when Mattias Markusson came free, but Niculae Povară reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the CF REALCipri defense, Mattias Markusson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Niculae Povară. The CF REALCipri fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Niculae Povară should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Freddie Vestberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Björkö BK's supporters rose to their feet, but Freddie Vestberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Niculae Povară breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Alex Persson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Björkö BK's supporters rose to their feet, but Alex Persson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Niculae Povară breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Freddie Vestberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Niculae Povară made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Freddie Vestberg in the 15th minute of play. CF REALCipri's Niculae Povară played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mattias Markusson in the 17th minute of play. A collision led to CF REALCipri getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Vintilă Giubelean hit a great ball. 19 minutes into the match, Mattias Markusson notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of CF REALCipri's Niculae Povară. Niculae Povară was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Mattias Markusson put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Niculae Povară. Ulf Larsson hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. If Iosif Lăzăroiu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mattias Markusson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Niculae Povară having to interfere. After 46 played minutes CF REALCipri got a freekick which was hit by Pavel Păsărin. The CF REALCipri players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Björkö BK were winning 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Iosif Lăzăroiu made a kick off. Freddie Vestberg hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Allan Pihl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eugen Brânzaru in the 57th minute of play. 58 minutes into the match, Iosif Lăzăroiu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Allan Pihl. Björkö BK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Iosif Lăzăroiu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. In the 62nd minute, Björkö BK's Mattias Markusson ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Niculae Povară. Niculae Povară yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugen Brânzaru in the 66th minute of play forced Björkö BK's goalkeeper Allan Pihl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Allan Pihl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugen Brânzaru in the 68th minute of the match. Dumitru Mirciu took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Allan Pihl. Allan Pihl dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-4. Allan Pihl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dumitru Mirciu in the 79th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, CF REALCipri's goalkeeper Niculae Povară had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mattias Markusson. An unexpected shot in the 85th minute by Alex Persson got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 86 minutes into the match, Björkö BK's Freddie Vestberg sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Niculae Povară narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Alex Persson was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 88th minute. Björkö BK's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 95th minute Dumitru Mirciu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Allan Pihl saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.