U23 World League

Salamas
Spectators: 8019 (Terracing: 6016, Seating: 1844, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Amaury Hulsen got the match started through his kick off. Manuel Tufescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saverio Ribeiro in the 6th minute of the match. Lennie Rusby made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Albert Pricop sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Pedro Luiz de Moraes put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Manuel Tufescu. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Pedro Luiz de Moraes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Heavenly Hooters's supporters rose to their feet, but Pedro Luiz de Moraes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Manuel Tufescu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 21 minutes of play, Heavenly Hooters's Dudley Hadley made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Manuel Tufescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Manuel Tufescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saverio Ribeiro in the 24th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, Amaury Hulsen dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Lennie Rusby, 1-2. Lennie Rusby showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amaury Hulsen, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Lennie Rusby showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amaury Hulsen, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. FC MCM's Olimpiu Şimoc quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Adrian Collier, made in the 39th minute of the game. After 40 played minutes FC MCM got a freekick which was hit by Zhu Liang Fei. In the 44th minute, Shane Beesley got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, FC MCM's Tudor Gâgea got a free kick in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pedro Luiz de Moraes to make the kick off. Dudley Hadley's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 52ndth minute, Manuel Tufescu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Dudley Hadley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC MCM's Olimpiu Şimoc quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Adrian Collier, made in the 60th minute of the game. The supporters of Heavenly Hooters booed when FC MCM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tudor Gâgea didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC MCM's Shen Jian Song was substituted for Amaury Hulsen. The supporters of Heavenly Hooters booed when FC MCM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tudor Gâgea didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Heavenly Hooters's Pedro Luiz de Moraes, in the 65th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Heavenly Hooters. In the 69th minute Pedro Luiz de Moraes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Tufescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 73 minutes, Shen Jian Song made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Heavenly Hooters's Lennie Rusby tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Heavenly Hooters made a substitution. Kevin Byrne replaced Adrian Collier. Heavenly Hooters made a substitution. Todd Connery replaced Pedro Luiz de Moraes. Heavenly Hooters made a substitution. Fazıl Özgenalp replaced Dudley Hadley. 78 minutes into the match, Albert Pricop notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Heavenly Hooters's Lennie Rusby. Lennie Rusby was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Shen Jian Song blasted a shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lennie Rusby having to make a save. Lennie Rusby took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shen Jian Song, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Virgil Cârnațiu kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Lennie Rusby made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shen Jian Song in the 90th minute of play. Marc Armstrong's late challenge caught a FC MCM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marc Armstrong helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Heavenly Hooters getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Marc Armstrong hit a great ball. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.