U18 World League

Queen Arena
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Samurai's Fredrik Bennet started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ booed when Samurai was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jan-Åke Johansson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Toader Nițulescu's late challenge caught a Samurai's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Toader Nițulescu helped the player get up and apologised. When Andreas Rolandsson came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Samurai 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 Andreas Rolandsson couldn't finish the play. After 14 minutes, Manuel Berbec mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ and the Samurai players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Samurai booed when ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manuel Berbec didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roger Klemensson came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Rareș Lucian. But to his dismay, Rareș Lucian quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. A collision led to ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Manuel Berbec hit a great ball. In the 30th minute, Fredrik Bennet made a precise shot to the right of Dacian Smarandache. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Anton Joja managed to get in a good position for a shot. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s supporters rose to their feet, but Anton Joja was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Roger Klemensson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gavril Cozaru made a kick off. Michael Haglund hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. 56 minutes into the match, Gavril Cozaru notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Samurai's Roger Klemensson. Roger Klemensson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Per-Oskar Andberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Henry Åkerström got free with Dacian Smarandache in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Samurai's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Andreas Rolandsson in the 67th minute. In the 68th minute, Per-Oskar Andberg got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Manuel Berbec hit a great ball. Andreas Rolandsson's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Dacian Smarandache - 2-2 was put on the score board in the 83rd minute. The supporters of Samurai booed when ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anton Joja didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dacian Smarandache took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fredrik Bennet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.