U18 World League

Florea Dumitrache
Spectators: 7572 (Terracing: 5680, Seating: 1741, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lars Jeppesen started the match with the kick off. Dorel Bunescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Krister Ekeberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 6th minute, Robert Horia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dorel Bunescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Jeppesen in the 9th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute Lars Jeppesen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dorel Bunescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Börje Brummer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Remus Papaiani in the 25th minute of the match. After 31 minutes of play, Timmernabben FF's Lars Jeppesen made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dorel Bunescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Jeppesen in the 34th minute of play forced LIVERPOOL FC's goalkeeper Dorel Bunescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of LIVERPOOL FC booed when Timmernabben FF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felix Andreasson didn't get a good kick on the ball. 40 minutes into the game, Timmernabben FF's Krister Ekeberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dorel Bunescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 48th minute, Ove Nyström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 49th minute, Ove Nyström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tudor Pintilescu was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mugur Martinaș in the 54th minute of play forced Timmernabben FF's goalkeeper Börje Brummer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rune Blom struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Dorel Bunescu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Timmernabben FF. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Martin Buteanu during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 62nd minute, Martin Buteanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lars Jeppesen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Dorel Bunescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Rune Blom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 67th minute, Lars Jeppesen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Timmernabben FF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Lars Jeppesen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Dorel Bunescu made a huge save. After 76 played minutes Timmernabben FF got a freekick which was hit by Åke Gustafsson. An unexpectedly hard shot by Krister Ekeberg in the 79th minute of play forced LIVERPOOL FC's goalkeeper Dorel Bunescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mugur Martinaș fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Börje Brummer having to interfere. Dorel Bunescu made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Lars Jeppesen sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Timmernabben FF booed when LIVERPOOL FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ionel Arghirescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of LIVERPOOL FC booed when Timmernabben FF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Åke Gustafsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 90th minute Lars Jeppesen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dorel Bunescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dorel Bunescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Krister Ekeberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 94th minute Krister Ekeberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dorel Bunescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, Timmernabben FF's goal looked a bit too open when Mugur Martinaș came free, but Börje Brummer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Krister Ekeberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Timmernabben FF played a much better game than LIVERPOOL FC and deserved their victory. The LIVERPOOL FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.