World League

Patissia Arena
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Big Dickey started the match with the kick off. Virgil Olariu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rikard Klint in the 3rd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rikard Klint in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Virgil Olariu saved Paralia Athens from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Big Dickey in the 4th minute of play forced Paralia Athens's goalkeeper Virgil Olariu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paralia Athens's Virgil Olariu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rikard Klint in the 6th minute of play. After 9 minutes, Petru Văidianu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Paralia Athens and the Hawk Tuah FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 9th minute, Petru Văidianu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Virgil Olariu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Big Dickey, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 17th minute, Big Dickey ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Virgil Olariu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Big Dickey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 25th minute Big Dickey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgil Olariu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes into the game, Big Dickey cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Virgil Olariu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 30 played minutes Paralia Athens got a freekick which was hit by Aron Nedelcea. In the 36th minute of the match Hawk Tuah FC got a corner. Paralia Athens's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rikard Klint ran over to the corner to take the kick. Rikard Klint made a great header on Hawk Tuah FC's corner, it was just that Paralia Athens's Virgil Olariu managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 39th minute, Herman Dahlman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Virgil Olariu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herman Dahlman, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Rikard Klint scored 0-3 in the 48th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Virgil Olariu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half Hawk Tuah FC were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mike Cai stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 played minutes Paralia Athens got a freekick which was hit by Tudor Manolescu. Big Dickey scored 0-4 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Virgil Olariu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Big Dickey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 61 minutes of play, Hawk Tuah FC's Big Dickey made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Virgil Olariu was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Big Dickey's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Virgil Olariu was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Big Dickey could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Virgil Olariu made a huge save. Hawk Tuah FC made a substitution. Frans Wennerquist replaced Sakarias Linberg. Hawk Tuah FC's Karl-Åke Söderquist was substituted for Big Dickey. 71 minutes into the match, Karl-Åke Söderquist dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Virgil Olariu, 0-6. If Markus Vik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Paralia Athens's Gürkan Akaydın was substituted for Ke Zhou Yuan. After having played for 77 minutes, Karl-Åke Söderquist managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hawk Tuah FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karl-Åke Söderquist was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 82 played minutes Paralia Athens got a freekick which was hit by Aron Nedelcea. Frans Wennerquist struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Virgil Olariu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hawk Tuah FC. If Karl-Åke Söderquist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Karl-Åke Söderquist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Virgil Olariu made a huge save. 87 minutes into the match, Paralia Athens's goal looked a bit too open when Markus Vik came free, but Virgil Olariu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Markus Vik in the 89th minute of play forced Paralia Athens's goalkeeper Virgil Olariu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Karl-Åke Söderquist in the 91st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Virgil Olariu saved Paralia Athens from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karl-Åke Söderquist got free with Virgil Olariu in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 94 minutes into the game, Ionuț Brânzeu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Paralia Athens's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hawk Tuah FC the free kick. In the 95th minute, Frans Wennerquist sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Paralia Athens's Virgil Olariu didn't even have to move. 97 minutes into the match, Paralia Athens's goal looked a bit too open when Herman Dahlman came free, but Virgil Olariu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match was over Hawk Tuah FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Paralia Athens throughout the match.