U21 World League

Aréna Košíře
Spectators: 7492 (Terracing: 5620, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Iulian Pordea started the match with the kick off. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Alexandru Coporan put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jaroslav Kulich. Alexandru Coporan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jaroslav Kulich having to make a save. Marek Rek struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Francisc Firoiu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FK Košíře Praha. In the 32nd minute, Iulian Pordea left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The The Owls fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. Oleg Mondek kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. A collision led to The Owls getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Marin Alucai hit a great ball. 44 minutes into the game, Iulian Pordea cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-6. Jaroslav Kulich was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. FK Košíře Praha's Jaroslav Kulich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Ursulescu in the 46th minute of play. The FK Košíře Praha players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. The Owls were winning 1-6.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marek Rek stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 54 minutes of play, The Owls's Valentin Ursulescu made it 1-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jaroslav Kulich was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 59th minute, The Owls's Iulian Pordea dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-8. Jaroslav Kulich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iustin Chira in the 64th minute of the match. Iulian Pordea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jaroslav Kulich didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when The Owls's Marin Alucai shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-9 in the ordered_time% minute. Iulian Pordea scored 1-10 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jaroslav Kulich, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 80th minute, Oleg Mondek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marin Alucais short, quick shot in the 84thth minute got Jaroslav Kulich to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 85th minute Alexandru Coporan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jaroslav Kulich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Valentin Ursulescu came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the The Owls 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 Valentin Ursulescu couldn't finish the play. When Oleg Mondek was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 88 minutes had been played. Oleg Mondek hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Iulian Pordea in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jaroslav Kulich saved FK Košíře Praha from getting behind. Iulian Pordea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marin Alucai got free with Jaroslav Kulich in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.