World League

Marconi Arena
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Stig-Åke Rosendahl took the kick off in the first half of the match. Costin Alucai might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stipe Pletikosa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Costin Alucai ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Stipe Pletikosa got control of the ball when Costin Alucai tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Costin Alucai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Stipe Pletikosa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Costin Alucai in the 17th minute. Bar Marconi United's Horea Balint played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by István Markos in the 19th minute of play. After having played for 24 minutes, Costin Alucai managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bar Marconi United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Costin Alucai was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Horea Balint took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from István Markos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th minute Stig-Åke Rosendahl shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horea Balint saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, Bar Marconi United's goal looked a bit too open when István Markos came free, but Horea Balint reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Horea Balint took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from István Markos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Stig-Åke Rosendahl got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Stipe Pletikosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costin Alucai in the 37th minute of play. Bar Marconi United's Horea Balint played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Harun Mengüer in the 38th minute of play. In the 42nd minute Costin Alucai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stipe Pletikosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fulvio Di Muzio during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Bar Marconi United's Fulvio Di Muzio got a free kick in the 44th minute. In the 45th minute of the match Yin Sen Quan sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Horea Balint skillfully saved the ball. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Costin Alucai took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Stipe Pletikosa to make any attempt to save it. Bar Marconi United made a substitution. Enrico Romanese replaced Alfonso Andreozzi.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Costin Alucai stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bar Marconi United's Horea Balint played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Harun Mengüer in the 54th minute of play. Stipe Pletikosa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Costin Alucai, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After 59 played minutes Bar Marconi United got a freekick which was hit by Davide Spadoni. Bar Marconi United's Sabri Yenal was substituted for Davide Spadoni. The supporters of Fortuna 86 Szczecin booed when Bar Marconi United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Davide Spadoni didn't get a good kick on the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Stig-Åke Rosendahl had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Horea Balint. Bar Marconi United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stig-Åke Rosendahl was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Stig-Åke Rosendahl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horea Balint having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Yin Sen Quan in the 75th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Bar Marconi United's Sabri Yenal. Horea Balint was out of position in the 82 minute of play, and István Markos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. István Markos really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. Stipe Pletikosa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cesare Talamo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Bar Marconi United's Horea Balint got control of the ball when Stig-Åke Rosendahl tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 90th minute of the match Fortuna 86 Szczecin got a corner. Bar Marconi United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yin Sen Quan ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 92nd minute of the match Fortuna 86 Szczecin got a corner. Bar Marconi United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yin Sen Quan ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Bartosz Wierzbicki got a free kick in the 92nd minute. 99 minutes into the game, Roberto Nirvana recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Horea Balint. Roberto Nirvana showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-4. Fortuna 86 Szczecin's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.