U21 World League

Dealu Florilor
Spectators: 7828 (Terracing: 5872, Seating: 1800, VIP seats: 156) Kraig McAlphie started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Uwe Nwachukwu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cosmin Badea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 5th match minute, FC Draconia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Klaus Dhondt to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- booed when FC Draconia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kraig McAlphie didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nae Costin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jerry Moerman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Draconia's Uwe Nwachukwu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save FC Draconia from getting a goal against them. Nae Costin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kraig McAlphie in the 19th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Jerry Moerman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nae Costin. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jerry Moerman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Uwe Nwachukwu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mădălin Brăiloiu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 26 minute of play. Nae Costin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristof Van Dessen in the 29th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Lucian Voinescu got a free kick in the 30th minute. 31 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's Štefko Stadnyuk broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Nae Costin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kraig McAlphie, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Nae Costin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerry Moerman in the 40th minute of the match. Nae Costin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klaus Dhondt in the 45th minute of the match. 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 Cosmin Badea to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kristof Van Dessen in the 54th minute of play forced Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Nae Costin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 58 played minutes Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Șerban Guguianu. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Kraig McAlphie took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Nae Costin to make any attempt to save it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tommie Verhelst got free with Nae Costin in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Uwe Nwachukwu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cosmin Badea in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kraig McAlphie in the 74th minute of play forced Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Nae Costin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Kristof Van Dessen kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nae Costin. That made the score 1-3 in the 76 minute of play. Nae Costin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Klaus Dhondt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kristof Van Dessen in the 84th minute of play forced Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Nae Costin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nae Costin made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Jerry Moerman sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kristof Van Dessen in the 88th minute of play forced Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Nae Costin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jerry Moerman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Nae Costin made a huge save. Șerban Guguianu's late challenge caught a FC Draconia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Șerban Guguianu helped the player get up and apologised. When the final whistle sounded FC Draconia left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-.