U23 World League

Boothferry Park
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ionuț Mureșan took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4thth minute of the game Ionuț Mureșan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C.A.JORGOVAN's Victor Zondervan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 8 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Phil Clarke sped through C.A.JORGOVAN's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Victor Zondervan. Victor Zondervan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tyrone Meehan in the 13th minute of the match. C.A.JORGOVAN's defense didn't have a chance, in the 14th minute, when Ionuț Mureșan scored to the left of an out of position Victor Zondervan, making the score, 2-0. The audience was convinced that Ionuț Mureșan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Victor Zondervan was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ionuț Mureșan in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Victor Zondervan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Javier Ostots fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored C.A.JORGOVAN's protests and gave Javier Ostots a yellow card for diving instead. In the 20th match minute, C.A.JORGOVAN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Javier Ostots to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ionuț Mureșan in the 33rd minute of play forced C.A.JORGOVAN's goalkeeper Victor Zondervan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ionuț Mureșan in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Victor Zondervan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ionuț Mureșans short, quick shot in the 37thth minute got Victor Zondervan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience was convinced that Ionuț Mureșan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Victor Zondervan was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. C.A.JORGOVAN's Victor Zondervan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save C.A.JORGOVAN from getting a goal against them. 48 minutes into the game, The Tigers's Ionuț Mureșan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Victor Zondervan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Angel Medero to make the kick off. Tyrone Meehan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Victor Zondervan having to make a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ionuț Mureșan in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Victor Zondervan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Victor Zondervan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ionuț Mureșan's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. Victor Zondervan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ionuț Mureșan in the 60th minute of play. Higinio Patxi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Victor Zondervan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Tigers made a substitution. Tris Hedges replaced Phil Clarke. In the 65th minute, Tadeo Paio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the C.A.JORGOVAN defense, Tris Hedges kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victor Zondervan. The C.A.JORGOVAN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victor Zondervan should have stopped the shot. 74 minutes into the game, Hayden Moore cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Victor Zondervan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 77 played minutes C.A.JORGOVAN got a freekick which was hit by Lucio Fero. After 79 played minutes The Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Sid Francis. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ionuț Mureșan in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Victor Zondervan saved C.A.JORGOVAN from getting behind. Victor Zondervan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ionuț Mureșan in the 84th minute of the match. If Tris Hedges had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 85th play minutes Ionuț Mureșan shot 6-0, a short shot which went by Victor Zondervan and just under the crossbar into goal. Victor Zondervan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ionuț Mureșan's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. Victor Zondervan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tris Hedges in the 90th minute of the match. When Tris Hedges, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 90 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Victor Zondervan was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. In the 93rdth minute of the game Ionuț Mureșan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C.A.JORGOVAN's Victor Zondervan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Tigers's Ionuț Mureșan pulled a muscle in his leg after 94 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 94 minutes into the game, Segundo Etxepare was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. C.A.JORGOVAN's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave The Tigers the free kick. The supporters of The Tigers booed when C.A.JORGOVAN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Segundo Etxepare didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rio Blewitt's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Victor Zondervan - 7-0 was put on the score board in the 97th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. The Tigers fully deserved thier win.