U23 World League

Dan Paltinisanu
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kent Melander kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK's goalkeeper Tobias Lidman had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emanuel Strugure. In the 8thth minute of the game Emanuel Strugure who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK's Tobias Lidman was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tobias Lidman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emanuel Strugure, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kent Melander in the 19th minute of play forced FC Politehnica Timisoara's goalkeeper Tiberiu Mischie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Konrad Sundin during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 31st match minute, Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konrad Sundin to maneuver through the defense. Joseph Hjälm's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tiberiu Mischie read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. In the 32nd minute, Joseph Hjälm left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 41 minutes into the match, FC Politehnica Timisoara's goal looked a bit too open when Joseph Hjälm came free, but Tiberiu Mischie reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Politehnica Timisoara's Ernest Eftimescu got a free kick in the 41st minute. In the 43rd minute Kent Melander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiberiu Mischie saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 47 minutes of play, Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK's Joseph Hjälm made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tiberiu Mischie was left in no man's land by his defense there!

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emanuel Strugure to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, FC Politehnica Timisoara's goal looked a bit too open when Pontus Blomqvist came free, but Tiberiu Mischie reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Joseph Hjälm had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 56 minutes into the match, Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK's Joseph Hjälm sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tiberiu Mischie narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Joseph Hjälm sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC Politehnica Timisoara's Tiberiu Mischie proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save FC Politehnica Timisoara from getting a goal against them. In the 64th minute, Joseph Hjälm left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. In the 68th minute, Joseph Hjälm ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tiberiu Mischie was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. 77 minutes into the match, Joseph Hjälm had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tiberiu Mischie. FC Politehnica Timisoara's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joseph Hjälm was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. Joseph Hjälm's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tiberiu Mischie read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. Joseph Hjälm scored 0-7 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tiberiu Mischie, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to FC Politehnica Timisoara getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Ernest Eftimescu hit a great ball. A hard shot 95 in the game by Joseph Hjälm from a close distance when the talented Tiberiu Mischie managed to make a qualified save. FC Politehnica Timisoara's players were relieved.