World League

Fox River
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcos Carioca got the match started through his kick off. If Luciano Lluques had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to ⚽RAE⚽ getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Damian Oneț hit a great ball. With his leg Ernest Enescu managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when Rosenborg's Luciano Lluques fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marcos Carioca in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ernest Enescu saved ⚽RAE⚽ from getting behind. The Rosenborg fans' excitement grew in the 13th match minute when Rosenborg's Marcos Carioca looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 24 minutes into the match, Rosenborg's goal looked a bit too open when Damian Oneț came free, but Cristoforo Morini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luciano Lluques got free with Ernest Enescu in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Through an outstanding action, after 28 minutes, Ernest Enescu successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Ernest Enescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viggo Hellgren in the 29th minute of the match. In the 33rd minute of the match Rosenborg got a corner. ⚽RAE⚽'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Viggo Hellgren ran over to the corner to take the kick. Rosenborg's Cristoforo Morini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Oneț in the 36th minute of play. ⚽RAE⚽'s Damian Oneț managed to work through Rosenborg's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Damian Oneț dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Rosenborg's Cristoforo Morini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maxim Șerbulea in the 36th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Maxim Șerbulea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cristoforo Morini. Rosenborg's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maxim Șerbulea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. 42 minutes into the match, Rosenborg's Luciano Lluques sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ernest Enescu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 44 minutes ⚽RAE⚽'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Viggo Hellgren who took care of the corner kick. Wiktor Narbut was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Carioca in the 44th minute of play forced ⚽RAE⚽'s goalkeeper Ernest Enescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the ⚽RAE⚽ defense, Marcos Carioca kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ernest Enescu. The ⚽RAE⚽ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ernest Enescu should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Maxim Șerbulea made a kick off. A collision led to ⚽RAE⚽ getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Robert Covaliu hit a great ball. Viggo Hellgren took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 51st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ernest Enescu. ⚽RAE⚽'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ernest Enescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luciano Lluques, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Aristide Maghiar charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aristide Maghiar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience was convinced that Luciano Lluques's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernest Enescu was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Maxim Șerbulea could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Cristoforo Morini made a huge save. Ernest Enescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florian Bulla in the 72nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, ⚽RAE⚽'s Lucian Crăiniceanu got a free kick in the 74th minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in ⚽RAE⚽ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 75th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Rosenborg a penalty, 77 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Luciano Lluques, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ⚽RAE⚽'s Ernest Enescu. 5-1. ⚽RAE⚽'s Ernest Enescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luciano Lluques in the 79th minute of play. ⚽RAE⚽'s Ernest Enescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florian Bulla in the 80th minute of play. ⚽RAE⚽'s Ernest Enescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florian Bulla in the 81st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wiktor Narbut in the 84th minute of play forced ⚽RAE⚽'s goalkeeper Ernest Enescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Luciano Lluques's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernest Enescu was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Ernest Enescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luciano Lluques's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. The supporters of Rosenborg booed when ⚽RAE⚽ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maxim Șerbulea didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rosenborg's Fortunato Zola was substituted for Nunez Freijo. After 89 played minutes, Rosenborg's Viggo Hellgren shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ernest Enescu came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Rosenborg reached it. 92 minutes into the match, ⚽RAE⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Florian Bulla came free, but Ernest Enescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fortunato Zola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 95 played minutes Rosenborg got a freekick which was hit by Viggo Hellgren.