World League

Vasile Bratianu
Spectators: 7703 (Terracing: 5779, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Laurita FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Esa Garcha in the 5th minute. A collision led to Laurita FC getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Mümin Aygüneş hit a great ball. Octavian Soare showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Alberto Kempes in the 8th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ianis Man's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnulfo Kinsen was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shi Li in the 13th minute of play forced Laurita FC's goalkeeper Arnulfo Kinsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laurita FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Esa Garcha in the 17th minute. After taking down the ball on Laurita FC's corner Esa Garcha fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Octavian Soare quite easily take care of the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Laurita FC's Mario Alberto Kempes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Octavian Soare narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Shi Li managed to get in a good position for a shot. Galati Harbour Cats's supporters rose to their feet, but Shi Li was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arnulfo Kinsen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 26th minute Ianis Man shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnulfo Kinsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arnulfo Kinsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ianis Man in the 27th minute of play. Arnulfo Kinsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ianis Man, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd minute of the match Laurita FC got a corner. Galati Harbour Cats's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Esa Garcha ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind Laurita FC's goalkeeper Arnulfo Kinsen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Mario Alberto Kempes came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Laurita FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mario Alberto Kempes couldn't finish the play. 46 minutes into the match, Laurita FC's Mario Alberto Kempes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Octavian Soare narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Shi Li was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ianis Man in the 54th minute of play forced Laurita FC's goalkeeper Arnulfo Kinsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Galati Harbour Cats were awarded a corner in the 55th minute after Laurita FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dan Petrescu took the corner. At last the ball reached Iordache Negrițoiu at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Laurita FC. 1-0. Laurita FC's Hélder Fernandez was substituted for Filip Ikalewicz. Shi Li scored 2-0 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arnulfo Kinsen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Laurita FC's Šair Lupin was substituted for Mario Alberto Kempes. In the 68th minute Onurhan Çinuçin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnulfo Kinsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper Octavian Soare had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Narciso Vargas. Arnulfo Kinsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shi Li in the 71st minute of the match. In the 71st minute Shi Li shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnulfo Kinsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shi Li in the 72nd minute of play forced Laurita FC's goalkeeper Arnulfo Kinsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shi Li in the 81st minute of play forced Laurita FC's goalkeeper Arnulfo Kinsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82ndth minute of the game Shi Li who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Laurita FC's Arnulfo Kinsen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ianis Man scored 3-0 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arnulfo Kinsen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Šair Lupin who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 88thth minute tested the skills of Octavian Soare when he managed to save the team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ianis Man in the 91st minute of play forced Laurita FC's goalkeeper Arnulfo Kinsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Galati Harbour Cats booed when Laurita FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hélder Fernandez didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 94th minute, Gheorghe Ducu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Laurita FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.