U23 World League

Teatrul Viselor
Spectators: 7678 (Terracing: 5759, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Costel Ţintă started the match with the kick off. Frans Hall made in the 3rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Kenny Atke however managed to control. Avram Golescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Therkel Norstrand in the 7th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Gabe Gaab's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Avram Golescu was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. With his leg Kåre Hård managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when Scorpions -MM-'s Dan Tinu fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Costel Ţintă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Avram Golescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kenny Atke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute Costel Ţintă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kåre Hård saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dan Tinu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Kåre Hård made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Costel Ţintă took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Kåre Hård to make any attempt to save it. Scorpions -MM-'s Avram Golescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kenny Atke in the 27th minute of play. Kåre Hård was out of position in the 32 minute of play, and Costel Ţintă capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Costel Ţintă really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Avram Golescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabe Gaab, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 42 minutes into the game, Luca Păun was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Scorpions -MM-'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Vestegnens Betonhelte the free kick. In the 42nd minute, Luca Păun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gabe Gaab was the one to do the kick off. Avram Golescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabe Gaab, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 54th minute Costel Ţintă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kåre Hård saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the game, Scorpions -MM-'s Costel Ţintă nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kåre Hård made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. After a defensive mix-up in Vestegnens Betonhelte's zone, Horaţiu Pană stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kåre Hård came out of the goal and Horaţiu Pană tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 67thth minute of the game Dan Tinu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vestegnens Betonhelte's Kåre Hård was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dan Tinu scored 4-0 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kåre Hård, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Vestegnens Betonhelte's Kåre Hård played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dan Tinu in the 78th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Costel Ţintă in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kåre Hård prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Costel Ţintă put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Kåre Hård. In the 89th minute, Gabe Gaab reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Avram Golescu. The goal made the score 5-1. Many of Vestegnens Betonhelte's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Vestegnens Betonhelte may have spent more time on the ball, but Scorpions -MM- were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.