U18 World League

Afrimesti Stadium
Spectators: 7620 (Terracing: 5716, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) Karl-Åke Jakobsson started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's goal looked a bit too open when John Larsson came free, but Iosif Foltea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6thth minute of the game Aurel Gorunescu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Finninge Fotboll's Magne Axelsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Tiberiu Zburlea got a free kick in the 7th minute. After having played for 12 minutes, Aurel Gorunescu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aurel Gorunescu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Åke Jakobsson in the 16th minute of play forced ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's goalkeeper Iosif Foltea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute, Leontin Cotoi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. John Larsson, 24 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. In the 26th minute Karl-Åke Jakobsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iosif Foltea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 were furious when Octav Cândroveanu was red carded, 27 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 27th minute of the game. One of ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Finninge Fotboll:s goal. In the 33rd minute, John Larsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Finninge Fotboll fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After some careless play in the Finninge Fotboll defense, Leontin Cotoi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Magne Axelsson. The Finninge Fotboll fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Magne Axelsson should have stopped the shot. Cristi Boboc blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Magne Axelsson having to make a save. 42 minutes into the match, ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's goal looked a bit too open when Karl-Åke Jakobsson came free, but Iosif Foltea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 47 played minutes ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 got a freekick which was hit by Cristi Boboc.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cristi Boboc to make the kick off. Albin Biörk scored 1-3 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Iosif Foltea, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Leontin Cotoi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Magne Axelsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leontin Cotoi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Iosif Foltea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 from getting a goal against them. 66 minutes into the game, ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Cristi Boboc nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Magne Axelsson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. 71 minutes into the match, ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's goal looked a bit too open when John Larsson came free, but Iosif Foltea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristi Boboc in the 78th minute of play forced Finninge Fotboll's goalkeeper Magne Axelsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Filip Chițu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Cristi Boboc had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 95th match minute, ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filip Chițu to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Finninge Fotboll eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.