World League

Riverside Arena
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Luca Radovan got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Runa United getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Tommy Ekgren hit a great ball. Calistrat Bordeianu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harry Boumans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nils-Erik Åhlberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emilio Eguzki in the 5th minute. After 8 minutes of play, Runa United's Valentino Santana made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Calistrat Bordeianu was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Joel Andreasson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Carp Team's goalkeeper Calistrat Bordeianu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Runa United getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Joel Andreasson hit a great ball. Carp Team's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Radomir Šiljak in the 24th minute. Carp Team's Radomir Šiljak was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nils-Erik Åhlberg in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Calistrat Bordeianu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harry Boumans in the 26th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harry Boumans in the 29th minute of play forced Carp Team's goalkeeper Calistrat Bordeianu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 30 minutes, Ted Almstedt mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Runa United and the Carp Team players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 30 played minutes Runa United got a freekick which was hit by Ted Almstedt. Nils-Erik Åhlberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Radovan in the 31st minute of the match. 32 minutes into the match, Runa United's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Radovan came free, but Nils-Erik Åhlberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Runa United's Matthias Lundin got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emilio Eguzki got free with Nils-Erik Åhlberg in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 41 minutes into the match, Carp Team's Luca Radovan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nils-Erik Åhlberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Runa United's Ted Almstedt got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Carp Team's Calistrat Bordeianu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentino Santana in the 51st minute of play. Calistrat Bordeianu had great luck who in the 51stth minute grab hold of the ball when Valentino Santana from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Nils-Erik Åhlberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Neil Tutorskiy in the 52nd minute of play. After 53 minutes Runa United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Radomir Šiljak who took care of the corner kick. Ted Almstedt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Calistrat Bordeianu made a huge save. Valentino Santana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Calistrat Bordeianu made a huge save. Calistrat Bordeianu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentino Santana, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Carp Team's Calistrat Bordeianu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentino Santana in the 67th minute of play. When Radomir Šiljak came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Carp Team 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 Radomir Šiljak couldn't finish the play. Runa United's Anttoni Salmelainen was substituted for Jörgen Lundström. Neil Tutorskiy scored 2-2 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nils-Erik Åhlberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nils-Erik Åhlberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emilio Eguzki in the 77th minute of play. In the 77th minute, Emilio Eguzki made a precise shot to the right of Nils-Erik Åhlberg. Runa United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Runa United made a substitution. Zeng Bing Fei replaced Ted Almstedt. Carp Team's Calistrat Bordeianu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Carp Team from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentino Santana in the 83rd minute of play forced Carp Team's goalkeeper Calistrat Bordeianu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Neil Tutorskiy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Carp Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2.