U23 World League

RANDOM ZONE
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Costel Ţintă took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a little luck, Scorpions -MM-'s Iurie Cocoș got control of the ball when Cornel Surdilă tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 9 played minutes Ninjas in Pyjamas got a freekick which was hit by Stanimir Dragnev. Aurelian Dănănae sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 18th minute, Costel Ţintă 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. Best Tek did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Iurie Cocoș 19 minutes into the match. Iurie Cocoș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Best Tek in the 23rd minute of the match. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Scorpions -MM-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sabin Bojonca was slow to take the kick. During this time Ninjas in Pyjamas's players had a chance to rest. Ninjas in Pyjamas's Leontin Ilieș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dan Tinu in the 27th minute of play. In the 29th minute, Best Tek ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Iurie Cocoș was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Cornel Surdilă kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Leontin Ilieș took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dan Tinu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Best Tek did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Iurie Cocoș 40 minutes into the match. 43 minutes into the match, Scorpions -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Best Tek came free, but Iurie Cocoș reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rdth minute of the game Best Tek who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Scorpions -MM-'s Iurie Cocoș was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Scorpions -MM- getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Luca Păun hit a great ball. In the 47th minute, Luca Modrić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luca Modrić hit a great freekick 49 minutes into the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

Leontin Ilieș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferdinand Chirculescu in the 58th minute of the match. In the 59th minute Cornel Surdilă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iurie Cocoș saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ninjas in Pyjamas's Leontin Ilieș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costel Ţintă in the 63rd minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Ninjas in Pyjamas's goal looked a bit too open when Costel Ţintă came free, but Leontin Ilieș reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Nicodim Codrea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Radomir Zieba fell near the penalty area in the 75th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Scorpions -MM-'s protests and gave Radomir Zieba a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Scorpions -MM-'s Radomir Zieba got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 76thth minute of the game Best Tek who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Scorpions -MM-'s Iurie Cocoș was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Ninjas in Pyjamas's Best Tek got a free kick in the 81st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cornel Surdilă in the 85th minute of play forced Scorpions -MM-'s goalkeeper Iurie Cocoș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Best Tek in the 90th minute of play forced Scorpions -MM-'s goalkeeper Iurie Cocoș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd match minute, Ninjas in Pyjamas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stanimir Dragnev to maneuver through the defense. Through an outstanding action, after 97 minutes, Leontin Ilieș successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Leontin Ilieș was a little too slow when Dorinel Munteanu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 99th minute. The score was now 3-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Ninjas in Pyjamas had won after a very even match.