World League

Stade de la Mosson
Spectators: 8457 (Terracing: 6344, Seating: 1944, VIP seats: 169) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Timmy Henriksson made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baal Ares in the 3rd minute of play forced Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vince Di Cola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karadeniz Otay, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Vince Di Cola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jörgen Sundström in the 9th minute of the match. Luca Jivulescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Allan Bivall in the 12th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karadeniz Otay in the 14th minute of play forced Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 14 minutes into the match, Samurai's goal looked a bit too open when Karadeniz Otay came free, but Vince Di Cola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute, Lucrețiu Cuculeanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lucrețiu Cuculeanu kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. After 23 minutes of play, Ares FC -MM-'s Baal Ares made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vince Di Cola was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 25 played minutes Samurai got a freekick which was hit by Hernán Grana. Karadeniz Otay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Timmy Henriksson got free with Luca Jivulescu in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maxim Tsigalko in the 35th minute of play forced Ares FC -MM-'s goalkeeper Luca Jivulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samurai's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Allan Bivall in the 36th minute. The corner led Samurai's Allan Bivall to fire away a dangerous shot which Luca Jivulescu despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 37 played minutes Ares FC -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Karadeniz Otay. Luca Jivulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxim Tsigalko in the 40th minute of play. Ares FC -MM-'s Luca Jivulescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Ares FC -MM- from getting a goal against them. In the 44th minute, Hermengildo Huly hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Baal Ares stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Ares FC -MM- booed when Samurai was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Allan Bivall didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luca Jivulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timmy Henriksson in the 58th minute of play. In the 61stth minute of the game Baal Ares who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Samurai's Vince Di Cola was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vince Di Cola made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Baal Ares sent off a good shot on target. Luca Jivulescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maxim Tsigalko, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Samurai made a substitution. Esbjörn Hultstrand replaced Timmy Henriksson. The throw-in from Pete Wray in the 69th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Samurai's Morgan Vassenius. With an all-out effort, Ares FC -MM-'s Vince Di Cola threw himself towards the right post 71 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Baal Ares, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Ares FC -MM- were awarded a corner in the 72th minute after Samurai's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Karadeniz Otay took the corner. Ares FC -MM-'s Karadeniz Otay was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Vince Di Cola in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Vince Di Cola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baal Ares, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Hermengildo Huly made in the 77th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Wu Qi however managed to control. Luca Jivulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wu Qi in the 88th minute of play. Luca Jivulescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wu Qi in the 89th minute of the match. After 95 played minutes Ares FC -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Pete Wray. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Ares FC -MM- eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.